Why should Aucklanders pay a rates hike 9 times greater than inflation because the Govt could not or would not control an unprecedented net migration surge?

A new study has found Chinese migrants use NZ as a stepping stone to another country.

With our currency effectively at parity with the Australian dollar and house prices booming everything must be great in the "rockstar" New Zealand economy, right?

Distressed members of New Zealand's African community have rallied at Parliament to protest violence against immigrants in South Africa.

Autistic boy Tyrone Sevilla was on the brink of being deported from Australia, until his 11-year-old mate stepped in.

The country had a net gain of 56,275 migrants in the year through March, 75 per cent higher than the 31,914 gain in the year earlier period.

Up to 30,000 people could drown in the Mediterranean this year unless urgent action is taken to curb trafficking and rescue stricken boats, experts warned yesterday.

A lawyer who illegally acted as an immigration advisor has had two-and-a-half months tacked onto his record jail term.

I am in England on the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference with 100 senior leaders from 22 countries around the Commonwealth.

A disgraced former immigration advisor asked a woman to move into his house and perform sexual favours and domestic duties in exchange for immigration help.

It bucketed down on Sunday morning, just as they were setting up for the Auckland International Cultural Festival at the sprawling War Memorial Park in Mt Roskill.

Wide-ranging new powers including warrantless searches of migrants' homes will be more closely monitored.

Greater interaction with Asians, public cultural celebrations and media reports have made Kiwis feel warmer towards Asian people, a study has found.

Fijian nationals will be eligible to register for a residency ballot under the Pacific Access Category for the first time since the military coup in 2006.

Heather du Plessis-Allan wonders: At what abstract point do we decide an immigrant has earned the right to call him or herself a New Zealander?

Migrants are once again setting their sights on New Zealand, a new report reveals.

Tony Abbott has rejected allegations of systemic torture in the country’s immigration system.

Auckland's Asian population is predicted to pass 500,000 in the next decade, a new report says.

Auckland's economy is expanding quickly with strong immigration, employment, wage growth and tourist arrivals.

One of the lesser-noted points in Prime Minister John Key's speech last year on the New Zealand response to the crisis caused by Isis was that "we will be looking at further assistance to meet....

EXPLORE OUR INTERACTIVE: More migrants from Asia are using the student and worker migration policy as a path to secure permanent residence, a report says.

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand but says "I'm sure someone will look into it".

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand.

The net migrant gain has rebounded, pushing the annual population gain from this source to a record 53,800.