Gill Bonnett

International music and comedy acts are being approved and rejected for border exemptions in a "game of favourites", according to a promoter.

Families spending Christmas apart because of closed borders say they need hope of being reunited in the New Year.

Only a handful of immigration officials are working on processing investor visas that have a total value of more than $2 billion.

An Iranian boy who was sexually abused and bullied as a child would face mental and physical harm if he was forced to return and carry out military service, an appeals tribunal has ruled.

In June, MBIE implemented a system that sped up responses among Five Eyes' border agencies in sharing identity data.

The hole in Immigration NZ books has blown out to almost $135m and it's been more than a decade since the agency raised more in visa revenue than it spent.

A third of all those invoiced for their stays in managed isolation have not paid - more than three months later.

New Zealand citizens and residents say the government's solution to reuniting them with their overseas partners has led to unexpected, unfair and dangerous consequences.

Immigrants say they feel scammed after their visas were not processed and they received no refund.

Managed isolation planning is under fire after figures show there are still more than 1000 empty places - while separated families say they are being told there is no room at the inn.

Recent graduates who spent thousands on their education in New Zealand are questioning why they were left out of a border exemption to get them back to their homes and jobs.

The 14-year-old girl only found out she was not a New Zealand resident when her mother made a passport inquiry.

Red Cross says some of those helped were in distressing and sometimes terrifying situations, sleeping in cars and unable to return home.

Migrant groups are looking ahead to what changes the new Labour government will make to border and visa rules.

A British social worker says overseas staff are desperately needed here and they should be allowed a border exemption.

A third of all managed isolation spaces have lain empty since July, with average vacancies running at more than 2000 every day.

Overseas workers are being 'consigned to the rubbish heap' after the government left them with no option except returning home, according to an immigration adviser.

Newly released documents show 500 out of an estimated 7000 border and managed isolation staff were tested for Covid-19 in the first week of August.

It's shaping to be a record year for the New Zealand screen industry kickstarted by border exemptions for Hollywood actors and crew, the Film Commission says.

Almost nine out of 10 of all applications to waive managed isolation charges have been approved.

New Zealand First wants to lure immigrants into towns and smaller cities under a new rural visa scheme.

An embryologist who could not take up a job in New Zealand because of the border closure says it is unethical for authorities to keep hold of the immigration fees she and others have paid.

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Immigrants waiting for news on their visas expiring tomorrow have been told they can use a media release to show employers they are still eligible to work.

Backpackers in New Zealand who bought visas from companies connected with STA Travel are pleading with immigration officials to let them access the jobs they were promised. Audio