Sixty-four years ago, the emigrant ship Captain Cook left Glasgow with 1093 passengers onboard bound for NZ - now the search is on to find them.

New Zealand's net migration rose in the year through August, returning to the record set in the June year.

Two million eligible voters are unlikely to vote in the current local government elections. We need to understand why the majority of the public are turning away.

The justice and policing system has come under tough scrutiny this week, with questions about its fairness, especially in terms of racial bias.

Do we need immigrant workers because New Zealand's unskilled workers are lazy and on drugs?

A new poll shows lift in support for cutting the number of workers from overseas, but majority still say current settings are fine or more migrants are needed.

'Populist rhetoric' could endanger tourism boom, says NZ head of HSBC Chris Russell.

Contrary to public perception, few overseas-born elderly Asians own a house and many are living in poorly maintained dwellings.

PM John Key and NZ First leader Winston Peters say a new political party focusing on ethnic communities is unnecessary.

The Herald's coverage of the increase in Brits interested in moving to New Zealand since Brexit has been labelled 'cheeky' by the Telegraph.

A new report says the immigration boom is to blame for New Zealand's low wage growth.

More than 10,500 registrations from people considering moving here from Britain have been lodged with Immigration New Zealand since the Brexit vote.

COMMENT: Allowing a flood of low-skilled migrants is frustrating that market mechanism with the short-term aim of keeping wages low for employers.

Booming migration and tourism arrivals set a new record - but economists say the net migration trend may be close to a peak.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

A Waikato woman was arrested in October and accused of creating fake CVs so that Filipinos could work in New Zealand.

COMMENT: We've heard it before but from the opposite side of the political spectrum. But now it seems the sentiment's rubbed off.

Donald Trump proposed a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to "those who support our values."

New Zealand First is denying claims by Chinese New Zealand leaders that an op-ed slamming Chinese immigration was actually a PR stunt by the party.

COMMENT: With so much drama on the international political stage this year, the New Zealand political scene has struggled for attention.

Refugees and migrants who have not eaten for a day or more bed down on blankets and scraps of cardboard in a small park near Lake Como in Italy.

COMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.

As Government comes under pressure to cut immigration levels, a new study finds migrants are not primarily responsible for rising house prices in Auckland.

Business leader Michael Barnett says New Zealand's immigration policy needs an overhaul.

Nearly 53,000 migrants indicated on their arrival cards they intended to settle in Auckland in the year to June.

Melania Trump has taken to Twitter to slam claims that she flouted immigration laws in her effort to become an American citizen.

Doubling the annual refugee quota would have cost $20.6 million more a year in the long-run than the option ultimately taken to raise it from 750 to 1000, according to Government estimates.

The detention of Kiwis living in Australia could be part of a push to "purify" the country, Labour's Corrections spokesman Kelvin Davis says.

A Fijian man's "lifetime of immigration fraud" has finally caught up with him.

Ray White New Zealand says a new move into China isn't designed to flog our homes to foreigners.