Climate Change Refugees
Tuvalu climate change refugees denied asylum
Two families sought to be New Zealand's first climate change refugees, but the Immigration and Protection Tribunal ruled they did not risk being persecuted under the Refugee Convention. Video, Audio
Labour wants climate change refugees given new life in NZ
The Labour Party says Pacific Islanders whose homes disappear under rising sea levels should be able to make a new life in New Zealand. Audio
Kiribati community leader heads to parliament
The Kiribati community leader who is heading to Parliament today hopes his entreaties to allow the the family who argue they are climate change refugees to stay here will work. Audio
Kiribati community vows to fight refugee deportation
A Kiribati community leader in Auckland is heading to Parliament today to beg the government not to deport a family who argue they are climate change refugees. Audio
Immigration Minister won't assist climate change refugees
The Immigration Minister has dismissed calls for the Government to do more to assist climate change refugees from the Pacific as colonialistic, white person's guilt. Audio