Refugees And Migrants
New border re-opening details expected
Jacinda Ardern is expected tomorrow to bring forward the October border date. But future residents are being warned they may face a longer wait to settle permanently.
Migrants with HIV face uncertain future: 'I was infected here in NZ'
Some immigrants are applying for refugee status because they've tested positive for HIV in New Zealand and are worried the government will kick them out.
Immigration NZ ends practice of imprisoning asylum seekers
Immigration New Zealand is ending its practice of imprisoning asylum seekers, after an independent review labelled the practice "inhumane" and "contrary to New Zealand values".
Between 2015 and 2020… Audio
'Putting on hold your life': 30-month wait and still no visa
Immigration New Zealand is being blamed for restricting how many migrant workers, students and visitors can come into the country.
Law change to allow deportation of potential terrorists, refugees on the cards
The government may change the law so would-be terrorists and refugees who are serious offenders could be sent back to their home countries.
Support needed for refugees released by Australia
We check in on the plight of refugees being released by Australia after year's of unhumane treatement and detention. Audio
The Panel with Stephen Jacobi and Jo McCarroll (Part 2)
Panellists Stephen Jacobi and Jo McCarroll discuss a Barcelona America's Cup, how we choose which refugees to offer asylum, and foraging for wild weeds. Audio
LynnMall attacker was identified as capable of terrorism if travel plans thwarted
Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country.
Why now? Australia's u-turn on the NZ refugee resettlement deal
Nine years after it was first put on the table, Australia has finally accepted New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees from its detention centres. The Detail asks - why now? Audio
Tackling 'isms' and intra-ethnic prejudice
Inter-ethnic prejudice and discrimination were the subjects on the table at a recent online hui attended by a collective of New Zealand creatives and activists. Organisers and participants of the… Audio
Unfriendly fire and plaudits as govt dismantles Covid-19 measures
Week in Politics: The Prime Minister announces a significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions - but she doesn't please everyone - and New Zealand offers non-lethal military aid to Ukraine.
'Politically convenient': Refugees policy changing because voters find it abhorrent - Amnesty
The Australian government has agreed to New Zealand's refugee resettlement offer purely because it is politically expedient, Amnesty says. Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Advocate on NZ taking refugees from Australia
A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here.
New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the… Audio
Behrouz Boochani reacts to NZ taking asylum seekers from Australia
A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here.
New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the… Audio
Māori Party slams ACT Party's proposed referendum on co-governance
The ACT party is calling for a referendum on co-governance.
It says the country is abandoning liberal democracy and replacing it with an "ethno state" where there are two types of people: Tangata… Audio
Amnesty International on Australian detention centres
Amnesty International is a longtime critic of Australia's treatment of refugees.
It has described the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres as abbhorrent and amounting to torture.
New… Audio
Australian backdown ends limbo for refugees
An extraordinary backdown by the Australian Government will see hundreds of refugees loosed from limbo and allowed to resettle in New Zealand.
But the near-decade delay means the breakthrough brings… Audio
Green Party reacts to Australia letting NZ take refugees
In a major u-turn, Australia has accepted a longstanding offer from New Zealand to take refugees from detention centres in the Pacific.
As a result, this country will take 150 refugees a year for… Audio
Amnesty International celebrates deal for NZ to take refugees
Amnesty International NZ's executive director Meg De Ronde told Checkpoint it's a huge relief to have the deal for 450 refugees to come here from detention in Australia and offshore centres.
"Amnesty… Video, Audio