A fraudster who stole $350,000 of ratepayer money faces court action to have a deportation order enforced so he can be sent back to South Africa.

The myth of the "Kiwi dole bludger" is preventing hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia from accessing equal rights and opportunities.

An Afghan interpreter vying for New Zealand citizenship has narrowly escaped execution by the Taliban.

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison announced last week that an asylum-seeker had died and scores of others had been injured.

The fatal riot at the immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island continues to drag down the Australian Government.

Manufactured misery that has created rampant self-harm and suicide attempts, writes Tracey Barnett. There is no will to process their cases for years.

Immigration officers will gain police-like powers to enter and search homes without a warrant under law changes designed to stamp out exploitation of migrants.

Kiwi spouses of US citizens in this country would not have their financial records passed to American tax authorities under rules that take effect this year

Living wage campaigners say it now costs $18.80 an hour to feed two adults and two children in New Zealand.

Migration is a big deal in the New Zealand economy, writes Brian Fallow. In such a small, open and mobile country changes in the net flow of permanent and long-term migrants are a major influence on the economic cycle.

Enticing more migrants into the country could dramatically increase the income of New Zealand, new research has found.

At a special Waitangi Day ceremony in Wellington yesterday, six families became new citizens. We talk to three of them on why they chose to become New Zealanders.

Reporter Sarah Illingworth speaks to eight Kiwis from different backgrounds about what the Treaty and our national day mean to them.

Ngapuhi working in Australia's mines are being told they won't be welcome if they come home to carry out controversial mineral exploration in Northland.

New Zealand is a dream migration destination for millions around the globe, and our population could rise by 134 per cent if everyone could choose to live where they wanted, a survey has found.

Tony Abbott has vowed turning asylum seekers' boats back to Indonesia, despite brutality claims and warnings of naval conflict.

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Australia’s Immigration Minister is receiving tampons and sanitary towels in his post box from protesters against alleged restrictions on sanitary products for refugees.

"Megaupload knowing created and and facilitated the distribution of stolen property." The FBI does a tell-all interview on TV's 60 Minutes.

A convicted German child sex offender tried to abscond to NZ but was returned by officials here to serve his sentence in Germany.

Nearly 800 people were prevented from entering New Zealand over the past year.

Turning the Coalition's best known three-word slogan into reality was always going to be a tough ask for the Abbott Government in Australia.

A detailed account of the evidence against Kim Dotcom has been released by the FBI to allow so-called victims of alleged piracy to claim against his seized fortune.

Customs has refused to answer questions about an email asking staff to send information on Kim Dotcom to the FBI in exchange for "brownie points".

New Zealand's inbound migration remained elevated in November as new migrants kept arriving and fewer locals drifted across the Tasman.