Providing migrants with an added incentive to settle in regional New Zealand, rather than Auckland, involves a degree of intervention that would not normally be contemplated by a National Government.

Council, developers and lobby group debating new rules which will allow more houses to be built.

The Government says a new plan to lure migrants away from Auckland will boost regional economies, but admits it will do little to ease Auckland's housing pressures.

National's latest bit of tinkering with its immigration policy will not solve the Auckland housing crisis. It will barely touch it.

Prospective immigrants to New Zealand will be given greater incentive to go to provincial New Zealand under a series of immigration measures outlined by the PM.

Protests by French farmers and sailors, desperate migrants and traffic chaos is causing major disruptions on both sides of the English Channel.

A former immigration official and a cohort caught taking cash sweeteners to help get people into New Zealand have today admitted corruption and bribery charges.

A net inflow of 3000 migrants in June pushed the annual net gain to 58,300 - the 11th straight month it has hit a new record.

Migrant arrivals climbed 15 percent to 115,700 in the year, while departures fell 8.1 percent to 57,400.

Banks create the money they lend out of nothing and can charge interest on the new money for as long as it exists in the form of a debt owed to them, writes Bryan Gould. "The affordability crisis will go on getting worse."

Why find scapegoats when it’s the lack of long-term planning, policy and inaction of those at the helm of affairs which has contributed to the current housing shortage, writes Gurbrinder Aulakh.

The state was paying unwarranted attention to Nicky Hager when its low-wage citizens needed it more, writes Dita De Boni.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

Fewer than 100 migrants have lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean since the EU boosted its search and rescue operations at the end of April.

Labour leader Andrew Little has stood by the decision to release figures showing a high proportion of house sales to people with Chinese names in Auckland.

Ignoring a plea from the Republican Party chairman to tone down his rhetoric, Trump plans to rally more than 9,000 supporters in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon.

Now that it is our turn to chair the United Nations Security Council Murray McCully says we will attempt to revive peace talks between Israel and Palestine. Not an easy task.

Immigration admits it made mistakes after a Chilean woman was sent home on the suspicion she would earn money babysitting her 3-year-old niece.

Auckland's net gain of 26,600 migrants in the past year boosted demand for housing in the city, writes Brian Fallow. But if you are talking about home ownership there are a lot more factors at play.

Illegal migrants desperate to get into Britain have exploited the closing of Calais and travel chaos on both sides of the English Channel.

At times like this it can be useful to remember that we are all refugees, or descendants of refugees.

NZ has had a net gain of 57,800 migrants in the year through May - the 10th consecutive record-breaking month.

English remains king throughout wider Auckland but the second most-spoken language depends on the neighbourhood.

Now is the time when we need to work out what we think about refugees and asylum seekers.

For tomorrow's World Refugee Day the Herald looks at how three young people have made lives for themselves here.

Hungary has unveiled plans to build a fence along its border with Serbia as part of an anti-immigration drive, saying it "cannot afford to wait any longer" for the European Union to come up with a solution to the migration crisis.

Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says the Government may lift the refugee quota next year.

Key had little choice but to put some distance between himself and Abbott's handling of the asylum-seeker payment row, writes John Armstrong.