Deportations
‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”
A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out… Audio
‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”
A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out…
AudioNZers in Aus: PM urged to get tough with new government
An advocacy group wants the prime minister to do more to improve the situation for New Zealanders living in Australia.
Progress on pathway to citizenship for NZers in Aus 'stalled'
Saturday Morning - High Commissioner to Australia Dame Annette King says plans to introduce a quicker pathway to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders living there have stalled. Audio
Australia deporting NZ criminals 'corrosive' - PM
The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says the issue of Australia deporting New Zealanders who have committed crimes across the Tasman has become corrosive in the relationship between the two countries.
…Lees-Galloway changes decision on Karel Sroubek’s residency
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has ruled Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek will be booted from New Zealand after he's released from prison. It's a humiliating climbdown for the Minister who… Video, Audio
Karel Sroubek’s mother ‘genuinely concerned’ about risk to son
Alex Sweny says it was heartbreaking to tell Karel Sroubek's mother that her son is now liable for deportation. He told Lisa Owen she genuinely fears for his life should he return to the Czech… Video, Audio
Karel Sroubek now liable for deportation
Much of the information the Immigration Minister says he referred to when deciding that Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek will be liable for deportation was in the briefing notes he read when he made… Video, Audio
NZers suffer unfairly in Australia immigration sweep
An Australian parliamentary committee have been told New Zealanders are suffering disproportionately as immigration officials sweep the streets of Australian cities for minor offenders. Earlier this… Audio
Appeals mount against deportation from NZ
Tongans requiring life saving medical treatment like dialysis that is still not available back home are among those appealing the orders. RNZ Pacific's Sara Vui-Talitu looks at the issue. Audio
Indian students lose appeal against deportation order
Nine Indian students were told today they must leave the country as their appeal against their deportation orders was declined. One of the students and the group's lawyer talk to Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Indian students facing deportation for visa fraud
Immigration officials have been finding hundreds of cases of fraud in student visa applications from India and now they're catching up with people who slipped through the net and got to New Zealand. Audio
NZer dies in Australian detention centre
The partner of a New Zealand man who died in an Australian detention centre is calling for answers about his death. Audio
High reoffending rates for Australian deportees
About 30 percent of New Zealanders deported from Australia because of their criminal convictions have gone on to reoffend in this country.
Ex-detainee 'lost' after return to NZ
A former Christmas Island detainee has applied for 50 jobs since he was deported back to New Zealand and is having a tough time just surviving, he says. Video
Man jailed for punching baby son won't be deported
A man jailed for punching his infant son in the head has been told he will not be deported because it would not be in the best interests of his children. Audio
NZer 'upset and confused' by Australian incarceration
A former NZ soldier who has been held in an Australian prison since October without being charged is locked in his cell for most of the day, his partner tells Checkpoint. Video
Kiwi detainee: 'Freedom feels good'
A New Zealander released from an Australian detention centre says the tide is beginning to turn towards freeing those who have committed less serious offences.
Detained New Zealander's lawyer worried
The lawyer of a former New Zealand soldier being held in an Australian prison is trying to get a psychiatrist in to assess him. Audio
Deportee's South Island fresh start soon turns sour
A convicted armed robber who has lived in Australia since he was nine and has just been deported to Invercargill fears he is on the brink of returning to a life of crime. Audio
