Refugees And Migrants

There are fresh calls for New Zealand to stop deporting Tongan overstayers back to the islands of Ha'apai devasted by Cyclone Ian in January. Audio

Previously isolated, former refugees from the Burmese community are now Home Based Educators, trained by the Pacifica community in Porirua. The Pacifica and Burmese communities have teamed up under a… Audio

India has over-taken China as New Zealand's leading source of Asian immigrants, as the number of people moving to this country hits record highs. Audio

Lynda Chanwai-Earle explores what more needs to be done to counter culturally sanctioned crime in NZ. Video, Audio

Seventy years after they arrived in this unknown country, a group of Polish refugees reflect on their lives in New Zealand. Katy Gosset meets some of those original "Children of Pahiatua".

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A groundbreaking legal challenge to Australia's power to intercept asylum seekers' boats outside its territorial waters is being heard in Canberra. Audio

Female genital mutilation (FGM): It's illegal in NZ but there are varying types of FGM that range from type 1 to type 3 and many women may regard this practice as part of their culture. Lynda… Video, Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says the dairy industry is cutting New Zealanders out of jobs by mis-using the immigration system. Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says the dairy sector is mis-using the immigration system to shut New Zealanders out of its jobs. Audio

Ian Telfer explores what is happening with dairy workers and migrant employees. Audio

Are forced and under-aged marriages happening in NZ? When is it culture and when is it crime? Lynda hears from Shakti Women's Refuge, survivors of abuse and the NZ Police about issues affecting our… Audio

Author of the book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of Family and Exile, which tells the story of her father, one of the exiled Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. Audio

New Zealand will take 100 refugees from the Syrian conflict for the first time, with the first families arriving in Auckland soon. There are more than three million refugees registered with the United… Audio

Indian community groups in Auckland say the lack of rest home provision for people from different ethnicities is leaving some feeling isolated, and is affecting their health. Audio

She's outrageously outspoken and passionate about our history. Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears from the New Zealand Chinese author Mee-mee Phipps about her second historical novel Destinies Divided, a book… Audio

The United Nations refugee agency says the first of eight planned aid flights has landed in the southern Turkish city of Adana -- carrying pre-fabricated warehouses, sleeping mats, plastic sheeting… Audio

The man charged by the United Nations with investigating atrocities committed in Syria says he has "run out of words to describe the gravity of the crimes" there. Over the past three years, more than… Audio

Turkey has locked down stretches of its border with Syria after facing a flood of more than 130,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the latest advance by Islamic State militants. Audio

Are you a parent and new to the country? Do your toddlers speak only Punjabi? For some new migrants, this crèche is a godsend. Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Auckland joining playtime with the children of… Audio

Freelance journalist, author, and development worker whose article about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Hell in the Hot Zone, appears in the October issue of Vanity Fair. Audio