Six people arrested in a migrant labour exploitation investigation have been granted continued name suppression.
Immigration NZ last month laid charges against a Wellington husband, wife and sister, who all work for a Wellington immigration company, and three other people arrested in the investigation.
They face a number of charges including exploiting people not entitled to work, supplying false information, aiding a breach of an immigration permit and obstructing justice.
Five of the accused lined up in a row in the dock when they appeared before Judge Stephen Harrop in Wellington District Court this morning.
The sixth defendant was excused from attending because she is overseas.