Refugees And Migrants
Not enough space in new Manus refugee facilities
A Manus Island refugee says there is not enough space in new facilities for the men forcibly removed last week from the decomissioned detention centre. Large protests against the refugees' treatment… Audio
Aid doctors prevented from entering new Manus centres
Aid agency Doctors without Borders has been prevented from entering three new facilities on Manus Island now housing refugees.
31 die in Mediterranean crossing
At least 31 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya.
Tongan family's 'ticking bomb' finally over
A Tongan family will be granted residency after appealing to the Associate Immigration Minister, because their daughter is so unwell she would likely die if she wasn't allowed to stay. Video, Audio
Manus Island refugees forcibly removed from detention centre
A large contingent of Papua New Guinea police, immigration officials and navy personnel have forcibly moved the remaining refugees to nearby Lorengau. Audio
Manus centre police raid was brutal - refugee
Papua New Guinea police swooped on the Manus Island detention centre yesterday to begin removing refugees to other facilities on the island. Fifty-six refugees were taken away and refugees are… Audio
Rohingya refugee crisis: 'Children looking after other children'
Groups of Rohingya children who had lost both parents while fleeing Myanmar are among the hundreds of thousands flowing into refugee camps on the Bangladesh border, says a Wellington nurse who has… Audio
'Lax approach' to local labour needs to go - Immigration Minister
The government plans to crack down on work visas, saying a lax approach means New Zealand workers are missing out.
Supreme Court reserves decision on accused people smuggler
An Iraqi refugee's last-ditch legal bid to avoid extradition to Australia to face people-smuggling charges has ended with the Supreme Court reserving its decision.
High migration numbers curbed by departures
Migration to New Zealand remains high, but is down more than two percent from the peak reached earlier this year.
Boosting labour inspectorate a priority - Minister
Policing rogue employers and education providers is a top priority for new immigration minister Iain Lees-Galloway.
Strangers Arrive: Émigrés and the Arts in NZ
From the 1930s through the 1950s, a substantial number of forced migrants - refugees from Nazism, displaced people after World War II and escapees from Communist countries - arrived in New Zealand… Audio
Syria on the Ground
We first spoke to Mike Seawright, Founder & Executive Director of ReliefAid about a year ago on Nights. Mike has recently returned from the Middle East after overseeing their latest delivery of winter… Audio, Gallery
Australia urged to make the Pacific core to its foreign policy.
Australia's shadow Minister of Defence says the country needs to make the Pacific Islands a core concern of its foreign policy. Richard Marles spoke to Johnny Blades about his call for Australia to do… Audio
Strained immigration tribunal calls for support
Stressed immigration officials have been offered counselling and the tribunal is pleading for more staff as appeals against deportations jump by more than half.
Gerry Brownlee on Manus asylum seekers
National foreign spokesperson Gerry Brownlee has backed the Australian approach to asylum seekers who arrive by boat, saying criticism by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a step too far. Video
National keeps pressure on Ardern over asylum seekers
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has come under fire from National, now the Opposition in Parliament, for pressuring Australia over its treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island. Judith Collins says… Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 21 November 2017
The chair of the Commonwealth observer group says Tonga's elections were well organised; a new report says Norfolk Island's economy is in a state of crisis; two climate-related initiatives pushed by… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 November 2017
War of attrition being waged on Manus; Fiji-backed initiatives agreed on at COP23; The cross-country pooling of resources could be an option for tackling an epidemic of cancer; 10,000 Christmas… Audio
Sew Good's Syrian, Malaysian and Pasifika Mamas
Building, cooking, growing, and especially sewing... Wellington's Sew Good Cooperative and their global mamas from Syria, the Pacific and Indonesia tell Lynda Chanwai-Earle why it takes a village to… Audio, Gallery
