Gill Bonnett

International students have been left feeling ripped off after changes to immigration rules shattered their dreams of living in New Zealand, a lawyer says.

Damas Flohr, 71, persuaded Dunedin churchgoers to give him $875,000, promising it would unlock more than $30 million overseas.

A woman, her four children and her grandmother drove through flames to flee the Coromandel scrub fire that destroyed homes and an organic commune.

The Fire Service has been forced to recall helmets, chemical splash suits and high pressure hoses because of faults and complaints from firefighters.

A bus driver sacked for letting his wife off a $2.90 fare was discriminated against because of his union involvement, the Employment Court has found.

The number of British immigrants arriving in New Zealand has risen on the back of the country's Brexit vote, and figures also suggest a jump in US immigrants since Donald Trump was elected.

An estimated 1000 cyclists joined the disgraced seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong on a waterfront bike ride in Auckland this morning.

A study has found evidence of widespread exploitation of migrant workers, with some working up to 18-hour shifts and being paid as little as $4 an hour and in some cases nothing at all. Audio

Immigrants will now have to support their parents, if they sponsor to join them here, financially for 10 years if they are approved to settle in New Zealand.

A government review of the skilled migrant category could lead to a points system overhaul.

An immigration adviser has lost his licence after he allowed a senior colleague to give unlawful advice, including that an immigrant should lie to border officials.

An Indian immigrant who said he paid thousands of dollars to secure jobs, only to be forced to work like a slave, is accusing labour inspectors of not properly investigating his claims.

The number of people eligible to become residents through the skilled migrant category has halved since the government tightened immigration settings last week.

A lawyer has been fined and ordered to apologise for telling a court official she should find a job in North Korea.

As an RNZ investigation reveals evidence of migrant workers being scammed thousands of dollars for fake jobs, cases of suspected job-selling for visas are emerging.

A former Labour Party candidate convicted of electoral fraud for registering ineligible voters is facing action for his part in an immigration job-selling scam.

A tribunal has accepted an asylum seeker's claims that he was forced to take part in fights at the troubled Mt Eden prison in Auckland.

A review is under way into whether chefs should still be classed as a priority profession for attracting overseas workers.

More people have been approved to work in New Zealand in the last year than in any other on record.

Ministers rejected a plan to let individuals and groups sponsor up to 200 refugees a year, government papers show.

New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres say they want their voices heard clearly when the two country's leaders meet in Auckland. Audio

Rogue immigration advisers responsible for defrauding vulnerable clients have not paid a cent of the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were ordered to repay.