Gill Bonnett

A New Zealander facing deportation from Australia and a human rights lawyer, say criminals are becoming unlikely human rights champions for asylum seekers in detention centres. Audio

A 95-year-old widow has won her battle with imigration officials and now won't be deported to Britain, a country she left nearly 70 years ago. Audio

John Key says he will be extremely direct with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbill about the detention and deportatation of New Zealanders from Australia when they hold talks in Auckland this… Audio

A group campaigning for New Zealanders' rights says many people being held in Australian detention centres are suicidal after living in what they describe as war camps. Audio

A driver has had a lucky escape after his truck left State Highway one and crashed into the Rangitikei river, near Mangaweka. Audio

The Government has lost its battle to deport a rapist, after an appeals tribunal ruled the international convention on torture meant he could not be sent back to Ethiopia. Audio

Morning Report can reveal this morning more than two dozen refugees granted New Zealand citizenship have been allowed to remain New Zealanders, even though their claim to be refugees turned out to be… Audio

More than 4 million dollars worth of expensive cars, machinery and property is being seized today as part of a police raid targeting the criminal activity of the Headhunters gang. Our reporter Gill… Audio

Police are this morning carrying out an extensive series of raids targetting the Headhunters gang across Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty and Northland. Audio

Rogue immigration advisers, who defrauded vulnerable clients of thousands of dollars, have not paid a cent of the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were ordered to repay. Audio

An adventurous seal, complete with its own twitter handle, (@papakuraseal) has been visiting a carwash in the south Auckland suburb of Papakura overnight. Audio

The Privacy Commission says Immigration New Zealand has breached privacy laws by refusing to give information to foreigners accused of over-staying their visas. Audio

Immigration New Zealand is having to work hard to keep up with the new and inventive ways some immigrants are coming up with to beat the system. Audio

Wellington has overtaken Auckland as the city that accommodates the most refugees. Audio

There have been developments in the armed police standoff at Eastern Beach in Auckland. Audio

Police say they are still negotiating with an armed man at a property on The Esplanade at Eastern Beach. Audio

A former immigration minister says wealthy Chinese investors are making a beeline for New Zealand after Canada shut down its business immigration category. Audio

The police will return today to the site on Auckland's North Shore where the remains of a mother and daughter killed seven years ago were found. Audio

The Government says it is confident its biosecurity staff were not to blame for the PSA outbreak that wiped out kiwifruit vines across most of the North Island. Audio

A man from India who says he was targeted for an honour killing after fleeing to marry in New Zealand has won the right to stay here. Audio