Chapter 1: The Fugitive

Enemy of the State: The Ahmed Zaoui File by NZME

Aug 1, 202131:19News & Politics

When Algerian fugitive Ahmed Zaoui arrives in New Zealand on a false passport just before Christmas 2002 and asks for asylum, it sparks a five-year security scandal, leading two young immigration lawyers Deborah Manning...

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Chapter 7: Playing Detective

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Chapter 6: Crescent and Cross

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Chapter 5: The Tipping Point

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Chapter 4: Fighting Windmills

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