Immigration
More junior doctors leaving before training as specialists, data suggests
More and more junior doctors are being lost in the training pipeline before they emerge to bolster the stressed ranks of specialists, data suggests.
The nurses ditching NZ for a better life in Oz
More than 5000 New Zealand nurses are registered to work in Australia. What's so good about life on the other side of the Tasman? Audio
The nurses ditching NZ for a better life in Oz
More than 5000 New Zealand nurses are registered to work in Australia. What's so good about life on the other side of the Tasman?
AudioAustralia eases the path to citizenship for New Zealanders
New Zealanders who have won a Special Category Visa and have lived in Australia for fours years will be able to get citizenship from July 1.
The move is praised as a logical step by Auckland… Audio
New Zealanders in Australia on citizenship pathway
New Zealanders living in Australia are celebrating after a relaxed pathway to citizenship was announced.
From the first of July, New Zealanders who have been on a Special Category Visa and lived in… Audio
NZers in Australia celebrate citizenship changes
New Zealanders living in Australia are celebrating the citizenship changes announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The Oz Kiwi Association has been campaigning for more than a decade to have… Audio
'Injustices have been reversed': Citizenship pathway reveal met with elation
The Prime Minister has returned from Australia, celebrating a big win in trans-Tasman relations.
'A blimmin' good day for Kiwis living in Australia' - PM
The changes to Australia's citizenship policy for New Zealanders is a significant step forward in the relationship between the two countries, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says. Audio
Laura Tingle: is Australia still learning from Aotearoa?
This morning the Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders. The announcement comes just ahead of ANZAC Day. We last spoke to ABC chief political… Audio
Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders
The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the two countries that has lasted for more than 20 years.
PM flies to Aus expecting big announcement on NZers' rights
The Prime Minister expects a significant announcement will be made this weekend regarding the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia.
Chris Hipkins flies to Brisbane on Saturday, ostensibly to… Audio
Accredited work visa businesses have until July to deal with immigration matters - lawyer
Businesses employing immigrants via the accredited work visa scheme need to get their "house in order" before the auditor comes calling, an immigration lawyer says.
Church trustees ordered to pay migrant workers they exploited
Authorities said it was an elaborate scheme which targeted vulnerable migrant workers.
Julie Zhu: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
The Third season of the award-winning podcast Conversations with my Immigrant Parents is out. Co-creator Julie Zhu joins us to talk about the series. Audio
'They got it wrong': Govt accused of making 'excuses' over health sector roles
Michael Wood is defending the pace of the government's immigration changes, under criticism the welcome mat for healthcare workers should have been rolled out a lot earlier. Audio
Social workers among new additions to immigration green list
The government has widened its net on importing health workers, saying it will help the country cope during a global shortage in the sector - as New Zealand heads into winter.
It's added 32 new roles… Video, Audio
Did 248 asylum seekers die on their way to New Zealand?
A government log of attempts by asylum seekers to reach New Zealand shows a fishing trawler and its 248 Sri Lankan passengers have never been seen again.
'They can get work visas for anyone who fronts up with the money'
An immigration lawyer says a new work visa has prompted a free-for-all, with migrants paying up to $40,000 to overseas agents and New Zealand employers.
Claims migrants charged for jobs and visas
Immigration officials are looking into two accredited New Zealand businesses that are alleged to have charged migrants money in exchange for jobs and visas.
A high-profile lawyer says migrants are… Audio
'There is no logic' - former Afghan refugee on ban on women's education
Voices talks to former NZDF Afghan interpreter Nowroz Ali Atayee a year after he arrived in NZ on an evacuation flight, and to his sisters about the ban on women's education imposed by the Taliban. Audio
