29 Oct 2021

Hairdresser may be forced to close if family can't immigrate

From First Up, 5:45 am on 29 October 2021

An Iraqi hairdresser living in Napier says he may be forced to close up and leave if he can't get his family into the country. His sister and her family are in Indonesia as aslyum seekers after threats from Isis drove them out of Iraq. New Zealand has fallen far short of its refugee quota and some say its time the resettlement centre in Auckland doubled as an MIQ facility. Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin has more.