Gill Bonnett

Bus services in Auckland and Hamilton are disrupted this morning as about 200 drivers go on strike. In Auckland 25 routes and 350 of 11,000 trips will be affected, but school buses, trains and ferries… Audio

Foreign patients who don't pay their bills are costing Auckland's hospitals $10 million a year. The three Auckland district health boards have written off more than $50 million in five years in unpaid… Audio

A frail elderly woman who became a refugee after years of attacks by her husband in China faced being deported because she needed full-time care. A bureacratic bungle was eventually sorted by the… Audio

RNZs Immigration Reporter Gill Bonnett talks to the grandparents stuck in visa limbo who are awaiting news of whether they can join their families in New Zealand. Audio

New Zealand dialysis patients are having their treatment rationed because of ineligible immigrants turning up for emergency care, according to government documents.

Immigration New Zealand's chief… Audio

Former National Party leader Don Brash says Massey University's decision to cancel his speaking engagement is a threat to free speech everywhere. Video, Audio

The leading construction company Ebert Construction has gone into receivership, with workers and contractors locked out of building sites around the country on Wednesday morning. The company… Audio

Immigration New Zealand says under-pressure compliance officers have been diverted into fraud and exploitation work at the expense of tracking down people illegally in the country. New figures show… Audio

An immigration adviser says new figures are at odds with official assurances that Indian visa applicants are not being targeted by immigration officials. Immigration New Zealand says there has been no… Audio

Immigration authorities say finding foreigners working illegally in the sex industry is being limited by how hard it is to catch them in the act. New Zealanders have been able to work as prostitutes… Audio

Immigration authorities say finding foreigners working illegally in the sex industry is almost impossible because they have to catch them in the act. But New Zealand prostitutes, who have been able to… Audio

Immigrants are being computer profiled and rated as a risk based on the behaviour of former immigrants who fit the same mold. Immigration New Zealand is modelling data - including age, gender and… Audio

Immigration agents have been caught illegally rubber-stamping bulk applications made by unlicenced advisers overseas. More than a dozen agents, including a former immigration officer, have been hauled… Audio

More now on the woman who was conned into a marriage of convenience to an Indian immigrant and was then offered $8,000 to keep up the charade. Aroha Raharuhi was nearly 40 and Pankaj Badyal was in his… Audio