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BusinessNovember 22

Immigration rises again

The pace of immigration continued to increase for the third month in a row in October, the highest monthly inflow since June 2003, Statistics New Zealand figures show.

NationalMay 23

Home-build lure for Asian migrants

Asian business migrants looking at moving to New Zealand are being urged to invest in real estate to secure their residency.

NationalApril 22

Ageing China migrants a 'major concern'

Nearly one in four immigrants from China gaining New Zealand permanent residence last year were aged 50 or over.

NationalApril 1

Asians lead immigration

Asians are dominating in visitor and international student numbers and in most family-migration categories to New Zealand.

DunedinJanuary 25

Guarding NZ's border

A Queenstown trip turned sour for some visiting foreign nationals who were refused entry when they arrived at the border, statistics show.

QueenstownJanuary 20

Business as usual for local immigration branch

The closure of the Dunedin branch of Immigration New Zealand should not affect the Queenstown branch and its service for overseas visitors applying for work visas, the department says.

NationalOctober 29

Immigration advisers penalised

An immigration adviser has been fined $3000 after he left a family stranded illegally in New Zealand - one of two punishments for immigration officers announced today.

DunedinOctober 12

City's immigration office may be closed

Immigration New Zealand is considering closing its Dunedin office and contracting out work to a third-party provider, placing six more jobs in the city in jeopardy.

NewsMay 30

Inquiry into Jones' decision

Wellington: The Office of the Auditor-general has announced it will conduct an inquiry into Labour MP Shane Jones' decision to grant citizenship to Yong Ming Yan in 2008.

NationalMay 20

Millionaire loses fight over immigration charges

A High Court judge has rejected a bid to have immigration charges against a millionaire businessman thrown out.

NewsApril 1

Migrants' guides soften shock

Two new guides to help migrant dairy workers and their employers work together more successfully have been launched.

NationalMarch 5

Wealth filter to be applied to potential migrants

Poor migrants who speak little or no English are to be subject to stricter immigration laws under a review that will create a "two-tier" system to favour the wealthy, a leaked Cabinet paper shows.

BusinessMarch 5

Biggest net migrant loss in 11 years

New Zealand has recorded its biggest loss of migrants in a 12-month period since August 2001 but ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley says the permanent departure of Kiwis to Australia has been moderating.

NationalFebruary 27

Papers warn about refugees

New Zealand has a reputation as a "soft touch" for refugees and has previously been the target of boatloads of asylum seekers, Cabinet papers say.

NationalFebruary 14

Permanent residents deported over crimes

Fraudsters and criminals are among those with permanent residence status who are being deported or facing deportation.

DunedinFebruary 3

Mayor welcomes new citizens in ceremony

More than 100 people filled the Clifford Skeggs Gallery this week to see 42 new New Zealanders inducted as citizens.

NationalNovember 3

Labour plans Immigration Ombudsman

Labour is looking to take politics out of immigration cases and speed up the appeals process by creating a specialist ombudsman.

QueenstownAugust 24

Easier, faster visas plan welcomed

Plans to make it easier and faster for skilled workers, students and visitors to acquire visas were yesterday welcomed at an Immigration New Zealand update in Queenstown.

QueenstownMay 27

Hard times spur bid to stay longer

British and Irish people are considering staying longer than they originally planned in Queenstown - and the rest of New Zealand - when they contemplate the troubled economies and labour markets in their home countries, an immigration lawyer says.

NationalOctober 5

Wilkinson yet to consider Ram family case

Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson will consider the case of an Indian family with two New Zealand-born children who have been told to leave the country.

OpinionOctober 5

Not all Dutch have gone crazy

If Geert Wilders were some underemployed bigot ranting in a pub, you'd just move away from him.

NationalOctober 1

Immigrants attracted by environment: survey

A survey of immigrants shows 45 percent of them have been attracted to where they live in New Zealand by a better physical environment and access to nature than in the country they left.

NationalSeptember 29

'Psychiatrist' exposed as drug smuggler

A Nigerian drug smuggler who fooled immigration officials to get a job as a psychiatrist at a health board was yesterday jailed for 16 months for immigration fraud.

EntertainmentMay 14

Loss, migration form basis of top-notch story-telling

The Sri Lankan-born artist, film-maker and writer Roma Tearne has in all three creative fields used as a central theme the related issues of loss and migration.

NewsApril 16

Lessons from mental issues faced by Irish

The mental health problems long experienced by Irish immigrants in England, Australia and New Zealand also highlight challenges facing today's refugees and asylum-seekers, Australian historian Prof Elizabeth Malcolm says.