Immigration

A two-year high in net migration levels could throw a lifeline to sectors crying out for staff in a tight labour market.

Officials are reviewing some visa decisions that have prevented visits from Iranians to their NZ-based relatives.

The BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage on Saturday after presenters refused to work, as a row over freedom of speech erupts for the broadcaster.

The Biometric Capability Update project is due to be operational by the end of the year.

A man who committed a sex offence and then evaded police for eight years has been given a reprieve against deportation to Vietnam.

A family has been denied New Zealand residency on the grounds their daughter is a medical burden to the country.

Opinion - The treatment of Ukrainian refugees exposes a humanitarian double standard that has channelled vital funding away from equally deserving crises, Ritesh Shah writes.

Middle Eastern families say they feel like their whānau, already suffering in war-torn zones, are being punished again - as the conflicts are being given as the reason they cannot travel here.

The adviser had lost his licence eight years ealier after four previous complaints, the Immigration Advisers Authority says.

The government has extended the application window for the 2022 Special Ukraine Visa by another year.

Fees will be wiped for successful applicants but the visas will only last for up to six months. Audio

It is a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the largest movement of refugees in Europe since World War II began.

More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church should be able to return to more permanent accommodation in the next few days.

Overstayers in cyclone-hit regions should be granted an amnesty, a Tongan community leader says. Audio

International graduates who missed out on work visas because they were out of the country when the border closed have been told they can come back.