Refugees And Migrants
Broke and desperate: Govt accused of hypocrisy over jobless immigrants
Immigrants say they are facing life on the breadline after losing their jobs and being unable to claim benefits or return home.
Covid-19 lockdown: NZer stuck on Maldives atoll
The New Zealand government has made arrangements to charter a flight for New Zealanders stranded in Peru. Around 87 New Zealanders are there and Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the flight will… Video, Audio
Covid-19: 100k foreigners may soon leave NZ to be repatriated
As many as 100,000 foreigners could leave the country soon, now the government has relaxed domestic travel restrictions for people who want to get out of Aotearoa.
They are now allowed to fly… Audio
Helping to make New Zealand Home for Roxie Mohebi
Recently Roxie Mohebbi gave a shout out to her former school librarian Sarah Dollimore, we tracked her down. Audio
Coronavirus: Government coordinating with other countries for repatriation - Peters
The domestic travel ban has been lifted for stranded foreign tourists trying to get to international airports to fly home.
The government has announced a plan to help the tens of thousands of people… Audio
Coronavirus: Thousands of foreign students stuck in NZ lockdown
About 60,000 foreign students made it into New Zealand before the pandemic disrupted international travel and now they are stuck thousands of kilometres from their home countries.
They told RNZ… Audio
Making New Zealand Home: Govinda Regmi
Each week at this time we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are speaking to Govinda Regmi from Bhutan. Audio
Christchurch shooting: Victim wanted to see trial go ahead
The man who tried to apprehend the Christchurch mosque shooter says he wanted to see the trial go ahead.
Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty to killing 51 people at two mosques on March 15 last year.
… Audio
Christchurch terrorist faces life in prison
Legal experts say the man who murdered 51 people in the attack on Christchurch mosques last year could spend the rest of his life in prison.
The man accused of the terrorist attack changed his plea… Audio
Small chance Christchurch terrorist could be deported to Australia - expert
A legal expert says there's a small chance the Christchurch mosque attacks shooter could be deported to serve his sentence in Australia.
After a surprise admission of guilt yesterday, Brenton Tarrant… Audio
Coronavirus: Stranded Germans heading home tomorrow
Germans stranded in New Zealand will begin boarding flights bound for Frankfurt tomorrow.
The first flight operated by Lufthansa, will be followed by another Air NZ flight.
Thousands of stranded… Audio
Coronavirus: Queenstown's mayor fears for migrant workers
Queenstown's mayor fears thousands of migrant workers in Queenstown may struggle to have food or shelter after losing their jobs and becoming stranded.
Jim Boult says some will need urgent government… Audio
Coronavirus: Kiwis stuck in remote countries overseas
New Zealanders abroad scrambling to return home will still be able to enter the country after it goes into nationwide self-isolation tomorrow at midnight.
But some New Zealanders stuck in remote… Audio
Man gets refugee status after failed asylum claims in NZ, Belgium
An asylum-seeker turned down for protection at least three times has been granted refugee status after being accused by Sri Lankan police of people smuggling.
Roxie Mohebbi: nurse, actor and a voice for Middle Eastern Kiwis
Roxie Mohebbi trained to be a nurse partly to fulfil the dreams of her mother who wasn't able to continue nursing here after their family arrived from Iran. Roxie later became an actor, but at the… Audio
Employers ask Immigration NZ to relax visa rules
The government is weighing up how to help immigrants and visitors who may be unable to return home or need new visas.
Rejected student visa applicant says INZ has 'shameful' approach
Immigration officials told a student they made mistakes in processing his application - but refused to refund him because his fees had been spent in reassessing its decision.
Immigration goes hard to catch tourists ignoring isolation rules
Immigration is promising a hard-line approach to rounding up wayward tourists flouting isolation rules.
And it's calling on New Zealanders to dob those people in.
Two tourists are in lockdown in… Video, Audio
'Like swimming in crocodile waters' - Immigration officials' data analytics use
Immigration officials are being accused of using data analytics and algorithms in visa processing - and leaving applicants in the dark about why they are being rejected.
Widow shares journey of healing after Christchurch mosque attack
New podcast Widows of Shuhada shares the journey of four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks that took place a year ago. Farah Talal is one of those women. She joins the show with… Audio
