Immigration

The PM's State of the Nation speech put the spotlight on benefits but didn't mention record-level immigration. What did the media tell about these problems and what's at stake? Audio

Twenty-eight people are now crammed into a five-bedroom house, saddled with debt they say is impossible for them to pay off.

Thirty-nine men say they travelled by boat from Indonesia to remote communities in Western Australia on Friday. Video

The mistake was deemed a miscarriage of justice in the first result from the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Migrant inflows also appear to have passed the peak with monthly gains generally trending down since August.

More than 200,000 migrants were granted fast-track residence in a post-lockdown policy, and two years on all those people are beginning to apply to settle permanently.

The boy dreamed about having to eat the family cat because there was no food, his mother told a refugee appeal tribunal.

Potential migrants are being warned to watch out for scam job offers and visas that seem too good to be true. Audio

A further 167 are being investigated by Immigration New Zealand over visa abuses.

The country's infrastructure and social services may struggle if migration stays at record-high levels, a ministry has warned.

Visa holders are being warned about an increasing number of phishing scammers pretending to be immigration officers.

Who are the people being deported from New Zealand and how successful are appeals?

Migrant workers have been protesting today at not receiving their final pay after losing their jobs a month ago.

Stats NZ numbers show a net gain of 127,400 people in the year ended November 2023, down nearly 5000 on the October annual rate.