Gill Bonnett

Couples facing heartache after immigration battles left them on different continents are heading to the High Court today.

Auckland university professor Michael Witbrock and Levin businessman David… Audio

Migrants fear split families could be sidelined when the border is reopened to foreigners in the autumn, while tourists are welcomed back. It comes as the Government is due to be taken to court on… Audio

A once-in-a-lifetime chance for 165,000 migrants to become residents starts today.

Senior software engineer Mic Shaw was logging on to apply when the programme opened at 6am on Wednesday.

His wife… Audio

Fathers separated from their children by border restrictions are calling for the Government not to forget them.

Split migrant families will spend another Christmas apart - and some are worried if… Audio

Migrants are selling their belongings, begging for money and living in garages after losing their jobs during lockdown.

The Migrant Action Trust says hundreds of foreign workers and international… Audio

A doctor says she will have to leave the country and fly back in to be eligible for the government's one-off residence visa.

Critical workers qualify if they arrive before next July, but those… Audio

Parents of immigrants seeking residency say they feel invisible after they were left out of the latest immigration reprieve.

It's five years since the immigration parent category was suspended.

Two… Audio

Parents waiting more than five years for news on a suspended residence programme say they feel invisible after being left out of a major immigration announcement. The Government launched a widespread… Audio

The government is allowing 165,000 overseas workers to gain residence through a fast-tracked one-off visa - but that has left many people cursing their bad luck.

Some were not on the right visa on… Audio

New Zealand will welcome five times the usual number of new residents by the end of next year.

In what the government describes as the biggest immigration decision in living memory, 165,000 migrants… Audio

There's widespread enthusiasm among the business, agricultural and health sectors for a new one-off residence visa that could let up to 165,000 migrants stay in the country.

But some migrants say the… Audio

The National Party says the Auckland terrorist's immigration history is a glaring omission in the government review of the September the third attacks.

Charities say huge gaps that exist in services… Audio

The terrorist who stabbed shoppers at an Auckland supermarket tried to give up his New Zealand residence three years ago.

Former immigration minister Michael Woodhouse says it was another missed… Audio

An immigration lawyer wants a fast track visa process for doctors and nurses wanting to come into the country, saying long delays are putting off the people most urgently needed in the battle against… Audio

The government is being told it must act urgently on immigration to attract and keep desperately needed nurses and doctors.

One specialist recruitment agency says medics are ruling out New Zealand… Audio

There's a queue for the queue - New Zealand's immigration process is a nightmare made worse by Covid-19 restrictions. We look at who's locked out, and why people we need are leaving the country Audio

Wild weather brought down high voltage cables and trees in Auckland, with gusts of up to 110 kilometres an hour. Firefighters were called to nearly 100 incidents from about 3 o'clock this morning… Audio

Doctors are lining up in protest at the Government's silence over when they might be able to apply for residence.

More than 200 overseas-born medics and almost 1000 nurses are on work visas - and the… Audio

Immigration authorities are going to wipe out up to 50,000 visa applications.

While some of those who applied for temporary visas before August last year are happy they will be refunded, others are… Audio