Immigration

Analysis - Record immigration will put pressure on New Zealand's population, infrastructure and productivity - where's the election debate?

More than 500 offshore migrants with work visas tied to employers under investigation are being prevented from coming to New Zealand.

The government's super-ministry has quietly embedded itself in the country's spy agency network, more than tripling the size and spending of its own intelligence-gathering arm.

It takes a bit of grit to grow veges in the Christchurch winter, but a group of Fijian families are rising to the challenge via a University of Canterbury-led project.

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Six suspected migrants have been rescued from the back of a truck in France, after the BBC helped track them down and alert the police.

The Labour Party's proposal for an immigration amnesty for people who have overstayed their visa for at least 10 years has sparked mixed reaction among overstayers.

Wellington woman Lalita Kasanji is on a mission to identify the pioneering Indian immigrants depicted in a collection of studio portraits taken on Cuba Street in the early 1900's.

Immigration laws in New Zealand are loose and need to be more consistent, says an immigration adviser association.

The changes follow recommendations made in an independent review released in July, with the majority being implemented immediately.

The government admits it does not know how many migrants might have been scammed through one of its employer-worker schemes.

A full-day job matching event took place in South Auckland to help a large group of South Asian migrants scammed out of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand.

Vikram Madaan, Susheel Madaan and three Auckland-based companies registered to the family pleaded guilty to 11 charges.

Net migration has soared after last year's lows, with more people picking up work visas, and the inflow is likely having impacts on spending and rental housing, an economist says.