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![The truth about the shadowy Migration 5](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
The truth about the shadowy Migration 5
How five countries created a network about those who come and go across their borders.
![Kiwi got partner out of jail with forged letters claiming terminal cancer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Kiwi got partner out of jail with forged letters claiming terminal cancer
But two years later, the fraud was discovered and it all came crashing down.
![Letters: Key points missing from migration debate; the meaning of 'equality'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Letters: Key points missing from migration debate; the meaning of 'equality'
OPINION: 'For years, many people have used NZ as a way station.'
![Why can’t we stop watching Border Patrol?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Why can’t we stop watching Border Patrol?
'People love seeing other people getting busted.'
![Cold, expensive, crap: What Brits really think of life in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Cold, expensive, crap: What Brits really think of life in NZ
Potential new Kiwi warned she'd be bored 'unless you were doing extreme sports'.
![‘NZ loses lustre’ as Kiwi departures hit new record and total net migration rate eases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
‘NZ loses lustre’ as Kiwi departures hit new record and total net migration rate eases
The immigration boom continues to subside, with fewer arrivals and more departures
![Thomas Coughlan: Understanding Australia’s deportation policy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Thomas Coughlan: Understanding Australia’s deportation policy
OPINION: Why Australia and NZ don't understand each other on the issue of deportations.
![Luxon 'regrets' Australia's tougher stance on deporting 501s](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Luxon 'regrets' Australia's tougher stance on deporting 501s
Australia has hardened its policy just two years after easing it at NZ's request.
![Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
![Asian cuisine expert paid $116k for visa - then worked 14hr days for fractional pay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Asian cuisine expert paid $116k for visa - then worked 14hr days for fractional pay
Chef Jian Zhang endured long shifts exceeding 70 hours per week at Panda Restaurant.
!['Five days changed everything': Kiwi-born baby left without passport or permanent visa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'Five days changed everything': Kiwi-born baby left without passport or permanent visa
If baby Alisa Yussupov was born five days later, she'd be a Kiwi resident.
![Woman's battle to change gender on Kiwi passport: 'I can proudly show as proof'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Woman's battle to change gender on Kiwi passport: 'I can proudly show as proof'
Unlike New Zealand, Thai law only recognises the sex of a person at birth.
![St John, migrant abuse and PNG landslide | Focus Morning Bulletin May 27, 2024](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
St John, migrant abuse and PNG landslide | Focus Morning Bulletin May 27, 2024
St John urged to assess its call-taking process, elderly migrants tell of abuse by New Zealand children and Papua New Guinea considers foreign support.
![Restaurant owners who extorted staff, paid them less than $8 an hour, to pay $99K](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Restaurant owners who extorted staff, paid them less than $8 an hour, to pay $99K
The staff were told they had to give their employers $30,000 or risk deportation.
![Speaker to address Green MP’s use of f-bomb in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Speaker to address Green MP’s use of f-bomb in Parliament
There was stunned silence when Ricardo Menéndez March used the word during a debate.
!['I could lose them right now': Man's urgent plea to get family out of war-torn Gaza](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'I could lose them right now': Man's urgent plea to get family out of war-torn Gaza
A Palestinian man wants special NZ visas to be available during the Israel-Hamas war.
![Judith Lacy: My incredibly easy journey to a silver fern passport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Judith Lacy: My incredibly easy journey to a silver fern passport
OPINION: The colloquialism warmed my heart much more than the missing sausage roll.
!['We miss our families': Returning seasonal workers stranded for at least a month](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'We miss our families': Returning seasonal workers stranded for at least a month
With the closure of Vanuatu Air, these men don't know when they will see their loved ones.
!['Similar to exploitation': Migrants in limbo after NZ employers’ accreditations revoked](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'Similar to exploitation': Migrants in limbo after NZ employers’ accreditations revoked
The accreditation of 416 employers has been revoked, suspended or is under review.
![Fist bumps and a ‘stoked’ minister: Inside the fast-tracking of a DJ’s passport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Fist bumps and a ‘stoked’ minister: Inside the fast-tracking of a DJ’s passport
One senior leader was bombarded with messages from her son's mates calling it 'gangster'.
![Net migration loss of NZ citizens tops 50,000 for first time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Net migration loss of NZ citizens tops 50,000 for first time
Latest migration numbers shatter previous record for departure of Kiwi citizens.