Christmas Island
Australian guards accused of beating New Zealand detainees
Guards in two Australian immigration centres have been accused of beating up New Zealand detainees. Audio
PM's critic among first to regain visa
A deportee who criticised John Key for not standing up to Australia has become possibly the first person to have his Australian visa restored under tough new laws.
Ex-detainee 'lost' after return to NZ
A former Christmas Island detainee has applied for 50 jobs since he was deported back to New Zealand and is having a tough time just surviving, he says. Video
Govt told to up the ante to help detainees
The government has been told it needs to push harder to help New Zealanders detained in Australia.
Detainee sent to Christmas Island rather than returned to NZ
The mother of a New Zealand man who has just been transferred to the notorious Christmas Island detention centre says Australian authorities refused to allow her son to return to New Zealand. Audio
Handcuffs leave detainee's hands bruised and numb
The hands of a New Zealand man detained on Christmas Island have been badly bruised after he was bound for more than 18 hours, his mother says.
Kiwis being sent to Christmas Island again - detainee
Four New Zealanders have been sent to Christmas Island from a detention centre on the Australian mainland, RNZ News has been told.
NZ detainees in Australia struggling to get medicine
Back to our story about New Zealand detainees in Australian Detention Centres. Audio
NZ detainees being sent to Christmas Island from Sydey
RNZ has been told four New Zealanders are among 10 people to be sent to Christmas Island from a Sydney Detention Centre. Audio
Kiwi detainee: 'Freedom feels good'
A New Zealander released from an Australian detention centre says the tide is beginning to turn towards freeing those who have committed less serious offences.
'No one told us what was happening'
A man who was among the first New Zealanders deported from Australia after the Christmas Island riots says he doesn't know why he was removed so swiftly. Audio
Blamed as riot's ring-leader, then deported
A New Zealander labelled a ring-leader of the Christmas Island riot is mystified why, instead of being charged, he's been deported. Audio
Behind the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot
It was the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot. Fazel Chegeni - a stateless, unschooled Kurd tortured in Iran, who became a boatperson and a refugee in Australia then a detainee locked in a… Audio
First Person with John Campbell: The refugee experience in NZ - inclusion or exclusion?
After a year in which refugees dominated world headlines, John Campbell asks whether newcomers feel welcome in New Zealand. Audio
Australia hands deported New Zealander bill for $7500
A New Zealander who was deported from Christmas Island says he is facing a $7500 bill for his flights back into the country. Audio
Christmas Island prepares for possible influx
Preparations are under way to accommodate more asylum seekers in case the Australian government loses a court case against offshore detention.
Family of former Christmas Island detainee wants centre closed
The mother of a former Christmas Island detainee says she's waiting for an apology from the Australian government after her son was wrongly sent to the detention centre. Audio
NZ veteran will fight to stay in Australia
A New Zealand veteran being held in an Australian prison without charge begins his legal fight to stay in the country next week.
Aust deportation laws 'not human' - Labour
Labour Party leader Andrew Little's visit to an Australian detention centre has validated how he feels about the country's immigration laws, he says. Audio
More deportees arrive from Australia
Another 11 deportees from Australia's Christmas Island have arrived at Auckland Airport. Audio