An Immigration NZ officer's claim that people who listen to Indian radio are unlikely to be NZers has prompted a lawyer to lodge a race complaint.

Resource Management Act reform will be aimed at housing affordability, building and construction minister Nick Smith has told a summit today.

Houses are going up by $30,000 a year but wages are only rising fractionally in one of the clearest illustrations of the worsening housing affordability crisis.

A Sri Lankan man accused of murdering a woman in Switzerland in 2000 has been released on bail.

Annual net migration rose to a record in August spurred by more migrant arrivals and the ongoing decline of Kiwis leaving for Australia.

The number caught my eye: 243 people who identify as Eritrean live in New Zealand.

A man who lived in New Zealand for 13 years under a false identity was arrested yesterday in connection with a killing in Switzerland 14 years ago.

A doctored photograph of Donghua Liu was the reason he failed the good-character test and was refused residency in New Zealand.

New Zealand's annual migration extended its decade highs in July, with the inflow continuing to surpass expectations.

Did you know there are 243 Eritreans living in New Zealand and more than four in five are born overseas?

According to the last national head-count, 130,000 people born in Scotland now live in Australia. I'm one of them, writes Billy Adams.

New Zealand border officials intend screening anyone arriving from West African countries afflicted by the deadly Ebola virus, which has claimed almost 1000 lives since March.

A young Russian man faces deportation a crash that injured four of his friends, including a promising athlete who missed out on competing in the Commonwealth Games.

Donghua Liu has pleaded guilty to charges laid by the Auckland Council over building works on two properties worth more than $6 million in plush suburbs.

Returning Kiwis are faring better than ever in the recruitment stakes and are being met with open arms by some employers.

Kiwi music lovers could be in for more big name international acts under new visa laws due to come into force in November, a tourism body says.

The other day, I realised that we've had cows in the garden for the past six years, and I've never milked them, writes Verity Johnson.

The Kim Dotcom wrecking ball keeps swinging and this time former Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman is in its path, writes David Fisher.

Jonathan Coleman knew the FBI was interested in Kim Dotcom before his officials granted the tycoon residency - a revelation which has led to accusations he misled the public.

As we become more globally connected more than half the world lives in cities which are becoming more ethnically diverse.

The immigration surge continued to gather pace last month, with the net inflow of 4270 people the second-largest monthly gain on record.

What would "peak population" mean for NZ? The country hasn't had to think much about depopulation before, writes Bernard Hickey.

The Retirement Policy and Research Centre is hearing from an increasing number of unhappy, married superannuitants that are affected by an unfair part of our social security legislation.

A refugee from Afghanistan who arrived in the country without being able to speak a word of English came third in a spelling bee just five years after arriving and is now studying political science.