EDITORIAL: Immigrants have always provided an easy target for populist politicians.

Lincoln Tan poses questions on the Immigration challenges facing NZ.

PM Bill English talks down prospect of migrant infrastructure levy which Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says would be unfair for migrants.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

A new report from the New Zealand Initiative suggests immigrants cover the increase cost of infrastructure.

Despite being touted as protecting the US against terrorism, It's not clear tough immigration measures will help prevent attacks on American soil.

Donald Trump may be drawing attacks for his tough stance on immigration, but Australia will be happy with his latest decision.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas after an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the US now.

US tech billionaire Peter Thiel got his New Zealand citizenship fair and square, under what is a legal exception to the rules, says Fran O'Sullivan.

The American that bought New Zealand, a truly bizarre incident and why everybody is sick of January.

PM backs granting of citizenship to Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel as former Minister Wayne Mapp reveals he'd known about it for years.

The news that billionaire investor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel has acquired New Zealand citizenship has triggered questions in Parliament.

Yasir Mohib hit his wife with a hammer after she complained he wasn't holding her hand. At first he was allowed to walk free, but has now been sentenced to jail time.

CUTTING COSTS: Phil Goff, who is pictured sworn as Auckland mayor by Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town, is already cutting

COMMENT: As the world's population becomes more urban our cities are increasingly coming under pressure to sustainably accommodate everyone.

The 750 refugees who arrive in NZ each year now face a whole new journey navigating our foreign land.

Now the world's most famous Tweeter is finally in office, what will it mean for your back pocket?

COMMENT: Bill English would have been entitled to feel quite cock-a-hoop when he rolled up to 10 Downing St with Theresa May early this morning.

For the past seven years, Charlie Wood has gone to the UK to play and coach polo. But he is now one of the casualties of tough Post-Brexit rules.

As New Zealanders are well aware, but probably Australians are not, many of these people who are detained are not Kiwis in any real sense.

A "struggling" system means Australia's immigration authorities have been keeping Kiwis in detention centres for "unnecessarily prolonged" periods of time.

Donald Trump now admits the US will pay for a border wall for the "sake of speed", but insists Mexico will pay it back layer.

New Zealand needs to show Israel there is a cost of continuing war, by refusing to accept imports or Israeli visitors from the occupied territories.

An Australian senator's call for immigration controls on Kiwis to be reviewed in response to a UN resolution on Israeli settlements is "absolutely nuts", Labour says.

COMMENT: The early period of the next administration in Washington will be tumultuous.

Syrian refugee Mohamad Eid Morad and his family are grateful to be celebrating a safe first Christmas together in New Zealand.

The foreign driver who injured journalist Karen Rutherford and killed her daughter's horse in a crash has lost a last-minute bid to get his passport returned.

New Zealand's booming migration and tourism set new records in November, with arrivals continuing to increase and departures steadily lower.

Migrants are seeking to marry "sham brides" who are pregnant with another man's child in a bid to exploit human rights laws and remain in Britain.