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109 skilled migrants with job search visa stuck offshore due to border closure.
'I don't have anybody to blame except myself': Uber driver jailed for rape to be deported
His victim said others have lost their visas for much less serious crimes.
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'Real question marks' in skilled migrant visa reopening
Visa changes for skilled migrants fail to answer New Zealand's skills shortages: adviser
Brain drain: Signs of recovery but immigration challenges remain
New Zealand continues to struggle to attract workers.
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Immigration Minister Michael Wood has announced the reopening of skilled migrant and parent categories. Video / NZ Herald
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Meta has accused Cobwebs of setting up fake accounts to spy on almost 50,000 people.
Qualification requirement to hire migrant chefs dropped
Exemption to the median wage threshold also extended for another year.
Opinion: Where have all the workers gone?
International headhunters are arriving in droves, enticing talent with tantalising offers.
Special investigation: While war rages, should NZ still allow Russian crews on Kiwi-flagged fishing boats?
Immigration Minister urges Kiwi fishing companies to reconsider using Russian crews.
Backlog of 36,000 tourists waiting for visitor visas
Prospective tourists have been told not to book travel amid visa backlog.
The brain drain: Kiwi nurse triples her pay by moving to Aussie
Is the grass really greener on the other side of the Tasman?
Evangelist on 'unstoppable mission' now a refugee in NZ
They called him 'cultist', insane, and beat him on the head with a police baton.
'Just told goodbye': Claims refugees placed in unheated, overcrowded homes after provider switch
New resettlement providers in Auckland, Chch and Hamilton after Red Cross lost tender.
Govt gives green light for 3000 more migrant workers
Largest increase to the RSE Scheme in over a decade but better worker conditions required.
Triple celebration as triplets graduate together
Chloe, Chanel and Roselle Samaratunga, 22, have shared an identical education journey.
Brooke van Velden: Govt needs to move fast on dire worker shortage
Inability to secure staff is driving businesses to the wall and worsening health crisis.
Brain drain deepens as net outflow continues
Annual net migration figures show New Zealand continues to lose workers.
'They are human beings': Workers who aided fraud investigation told to leave NZ
Ten workers are expected to give evidence in court, claiming they were duped.
Nursing student hopes to prove worth in visa battle
Maia Matubis is immersing herself in her studies for a future in New Zealand.
Of 38,000 people who applied to visit NZ, only 7000 got visas
Immigration says demand for visitor visas is higher than expected after border opening.
Woman says she became a sex worker to pay for grandmother's funeral
Woman faces deportation after working in the sex industry while on a student visa
501 set to be deported to NZ over 'savage' NSW attack wins reprieve
The man only lived in New Zealand between the ages of 16 and 17.
The bureaucratic box-tick that could kill a woman's family
Nine years ago a box was ticked on a form with far-reaching consequences.
Opinion: Ageing population and immigration policy are bad for us all
Tim O'Loan: A cornucopia of problems require common solutions.
'Exceptional circumstances': Overstayer for 26 years allowed to stay in NZ
Tribunal says there is no one to look after man with disability if he were deported.
Migrant chef criteria 'too much for Gordon Ramsay'
Queenstown eateries call immigration rules 'insanity' as kitchens go begging for staff.