Immigration

The action - beginning 6am on Tuesday - includes about 100 PSA union members working at the border not doing any unpaid work, and taking breaks together.

The workers say they each paid about $20,000 for their visas and jobs, but are now left in limbo.

Removing the median wage requirement from the Accredited Employer Work Visa will make it much easier and affordable for businesses to fill skilled and unskilled roles, say employers.

NZ is in a "global market" for international students, Te Pūkenga boss says, and those facing delays will often opt to go to other countries.

A number of countries, mostly in Europe, announced they were halting refugee applications for Syrians within a few days of Bashar al-Assad being toppled by rebel fighters.

Staff at a government ministry have been sacked or warned after sending inappropriate messages about migrants to their colleagues.

Every year, 1500 refugees get a crash course on life in Aotearoa.

In his satirical new novel The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat, Brannavan Gnanalingam imagines the rise of an immoral NZ politician who works against his immigrant community. Audio

The visas were intended for people living in rural Thailand who were planning to work in New Zealand.

Migrants and their families are being threatened with death or injury if they complain to authorities that they have been trafficked, Workers First Union says. Audio

Those eligible had only been able to apply for the visa once in their lifetime before the latest announcement.

IShowSpeed's tour of New Zealand may have left him in hot water, having arrived in this country as a visa-waiver traveller.