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.

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

New Zealand's annual net migration rose to another record in January as fewer locals departed for Australia, while Indian student numbers continued to bolster the influx of new arrivals.

Tony Abbott has flagged shifting the balance between upholding individual rights and ensuring community protection following a report into the Sydney cafe siege.

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

Peter Jackson inspires Asian migrants to make movies for release here and overseas, and that could mean more tourists visiting this country, says a professor of diversity.

A money transfer system that has raised fears of money-laundering overseas is being considered by Immigration New Zealand as an acceptable means for wealthy Chinese applicants to bring cash to New....

More than 200 boat people were missing early today after their overcrowded dinghies sank in the frigid waters of the Mediterranean.

Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.

Migration figures and the 2013 Census data clearly show that NZ's population is undergoing a significant change.

British MPs have reopened the debate over UK visa rules, arguing they are unfairly favouring Europeans at the expense of those from NZ and Australia.

Travellers with no intention of attending Cricket World Cup games are taking advantage of a transtasman arrangement allowing visa-free entry to NZ.

The Government's employment watchdog has taken enforcement action against eight employers in the Bay of Plenty Kiwifruit industry following breaches of minimum employment standards.

Any hopes that this year will be less barking mad than last year on the political front are rapidly diminishing.

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has criticised the number of foreign students choosing to study here.

A man who breached his parole conditions by leaving the country for Australia has been sentenced to community work.

Rights advocates say more than 700 refugees at an Australian immigration centre have continued their hunger strike, sewed their lips together and swallowed razor blades.

A fugitive who dodged border controls and fled NZ has been caught in Australia and deported - but Australian police missed a chance to detain him in December.

Devout Buddhist believes "karma" brought him and his family to New Zealand.

Ana Cecilia Mijangos moved to New Zealand from Mexico with her partner Luis Cabrera in 2009 with little English and no clue about what she was going to do here.

Filipino immigrant Anthony Eltanal, 43, described his path to New Zealand residency as "one hell of a journey", but one that was well worth it.

Posing with a New Zealand passport on his Facebook page did not do Ekaphop Luera any favours.