Stories by Gill Bonnett

Families with surrogate babies being born overseas are struggling to collect them because of international border restrictions and pandemic turmoil.

An immigration lawyer says New Zealand stands to lose overseas investors if the country's border entry policies thwart its economic recovery.

One of thousands of coronavirus-stranded visitors in New Zealand says the long wait for news about extending visas has left him fearful of becoming an overstayer.

Wealthy Americans are leading a surge in foreign investors seeking a safe haven in New Zealand from their coronavirus-ravaged countries and economies.

Fears about how the new coronavirus got past the border and back into the community is driving rumour, misinformation and online bullying, community leaders are warning.

A family who received death threats for running a school in Colombia aimed at saving children from a life of crime have been told they can stay in New Zealand.

Vaping legislation has come too late to stop a new generation of non-smokers becoming addicted to nicotine, according to a marketing scholar who has researched the use of e-cigarettes.

A couple fear a privacy breach at Immigration New Zealand show safeguards on personal information are not adequate.

Plans are underway for an information hub in Auckland to help immigrants stranded or jobless because of Covid-19 and desperate for news on visas.

Families who were on the cusp of gaining residence when coronavirus struck are in despair that they may lose their immigration dream at the final hurdle.

An independent review of the way decisions are made about refugees has found the relationship between some lawyers and officials has broken down, amid allegations of discrimination and bullying.

Participants in more than a dozen sporting events and workers in 60 infrastructure projects can now qualify to fly into New Zealand.

The exemption for Rocket Lab, to support three launches, falls in the same category that allowed a film crew for an Avatar sequel to enter New Zealand.

A school principal says his students, locked out of the country by border closures, are trying their best to keep up with their schoolwork - despite living in a shed in South Africa.

The government allowed the Avatar film crew to come to New Zealand when no criteria for it existed in immigration rules.

Ten of the 200 high-value foreigners - such as the Avatar film crew - allowed entry into New Zealand during the border restrictions were relatives of the workers.

The National Party is surprised New Zealand immigration officials didn't consult their Australian counterparts before granting a visa to refugee author Behrouz Boochani.

After a wait of more than three years for a government decision on family migration, grandparents had a glimmer of hope - before the coronavirus snuffed it out again.

A Fijian man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her young daughter and buried them near an Auckland bus station has lost his battle against deportation.

If foreign film crews are allowed an exemption to border rules, so too should America's Cup teams, the National Party says.

Immigrants locked out of the country by the border closure are vowing to pay for quarantine in empty hotels so that they can return to their lives in New Zealand. Audio

New Zealand and immigrant workers are being pitted against each other as businesses wield the axe over thousands of jobs.

The Law Society says immigrants can be reassured over new legislation after safeguards were introduced to protect them.

As three-quarters of a million students prepare to leave their home classrooms, a small number are making a permanent switch to home learning.

Staff threatened with dismissal and their employers need to be reminded their work rights have not been changed because of the Covid-19 crisis, says an employment law advocate.