Australian Detention Centres
Support service braces for mass arrival of deportees
A planeload of New Zealanders from Australian detention centres, most of them on Christmas Island, will arrive here in teh next few days. Audio
Thirty New Zealanders removed from Christmas Island
RNZ's John Campbell is on Christmas Island and says it seems up to 30 New Zealanders have been removed to the Australian mainland since last week's riots at the island's detention centre. Audio
Twenty detainees to land this week
A planeload of New Zealanders from Australian detention centres, most of them from Christmas Island, will arrive back in New Zealand this week. Audio
More detainees leave Christmas Island
Another group of detainees has been flown from Christmas Island to a Perth prison following rioting at the island's detention centre. Audio
Unlocking Christmas Island's secrets
RNZ's John Campbell is on Christmas Island to find out what is happening at Australia's detention centre - and the first thing he discovers is how hard it is to find. Audio
Most of Perth inmates are Kiwis: inmate
At least two more groups of New Zealanders have been transferred from the Christmas Island detention centre and into Perth's maximum security prison. Audio
30 NZers may have been removed from Christmas Island
RNZ has been told that as many as thirty New Zealanders may have been removed from the detention centre, on Christmas Island. Audio
Shut detention centre, say Christmas Islanders
As the Australian detention controversy rages on, John Campbell travels to Christmas Island and finds the council wants the island's detention centre closed. Audio
Dutton's anti-detainee words rile mother
The mother of a New Zealand-born teenager blamed for the Christmas Island riots and sent to Perth is angry at Australia vilifying detainees as violent criminals. Audio
Christmas Island hot topic
Politicians of all stripes are putting their two-cents worth in over Christmas Island. Audio
Online petition for release of ex-New Zealand soldier attracts thousands
Thousands of people have signed an online petition for the release of a former New Zealand solider after his detention in Australia for being associated with an outlaw motorcycle gang. Audio
Dunne deals to Dutton over "concentration camp" policy
Yet another of Prime Minister John Key's Government support parties has let fly at the Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton over the revocation of New Zealanders' visas and their incarceration… Audio
Prime Minister recalls jailed man but doesn't have details
The Prime Minister says he recognises a New Zealander now in detention in Australia as one of the soldiers in his protection team during a visit to Afghanistan. Audio
'Volatile' situation on Christmas Island
Detainees have been crammed into holding cells and left without enough food or water following a riot on Christmas Island, their families and lawyers say. Audio
Detained former NZ soldier acknowledged
A New Zealander with no criminal convictions being held in detention in Australia helped protect Prime Minister John Key during a visit to Afghanistan. Audio
Maori Party co-leader hits back at Australian immigration minister
A heated exchange has begun between Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox and the Australian Immigration Minister over New Zealand detainees. Audio
Australian detention policy becomes political landmine
Australia's controversial immigration policy has become a political minefield, both here and across the Tasman. Audio
Fox hits back at Australia's immigration hard man
A war of words has broken out between Maori Party Co-leader Marama Fox and hardline Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton over the New Zealand detainee issue. Audio
'Why doesn't the Prime Minister of New Zealand remember me?'
In a seperate case of detention, a former New Zealand soldier who once guarded the Prime Minister in Afghanistan will spend at least another six months in a high security Australian jail in perth. Audio
Detained former soldier could be in jail for years
The lawyer for a former New Zealand soldier who's in an Australian jail pending deportation, despite never having committed a crime, says his client could be there for years. Audio