Immigration

Labour leader has written a letter to the Prime Minister outlining the conditions National must meet before the party will consider supporting the deal.

The immigration minister said 573 applications had been received since changes to the investor visa took effect last April.

Drivers have been warning the English language test is too hard, more than 500 presented a petition to Parliament in January urging the rules to be relaxed. Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Pacific people "want a fair go" and he is committed to helping them get easier access to Aotearoa.

NZ Post customers say the company should offer refunds and be more upfront about increased demand and slower timeframes for international mail.

The petition wants visitors from six Pacific nations to be treated the same as travellers from 60 other countries.

The future of about 50 Wellington bus drivers is unclear, with work visas for many of them expiring in the next few months.

NZ Post says the volume of British passport applications is causing delays to them being sent to the UK.

A New Zealander with a long string of family violence convictions who claimed to have hundreds of relatives and extensive family ties in Australia has had his Australia visa revoked.

But Tom Homan, a senior administration official, says the contentious deployment in Minneapolis will go on with 2000 immigration officers remaining.

Families waiting for news on their passports fear planned holidays to the UK will be upended by processing times and delivery delays.

Travel agents say they are fielding many queries, with some passengers thinking about avoiding travel to the UK altogether.

Pacific visitors to New Zealand must apply for a visitor visa, provide proof of funds and may be asked for medical information. Audio

UK migrants have discovered they need to get British passports to go on holiday to Britain, or to visit elderly parents and grandparents, from the end of next month.

British citizens living in New Zealand will have to get UK passports for their children before they can fly there - as they are automatically citizens, authorities say.

Migrants told their jobs were skilled may find that's no longer be the case. Audio