Editorial: Just five years ago, the Government relaxed the immigration conditions placed on wealthy investors. Already, however, it is being lobbied to ease the rules again.

PM John Key showed "strong expressions of support" for relaxing business immigration rules for wealthy investors, says a construction lobby group which includes a wealthy businessman granted citizenship after support from a Govt minister.

A young Cambodian girl adopted by a Kiwi couple has qualified for New Zealand citizenship after a five-year battle.

Robert Peden made a plea on this page for voter participation as fundamental to a healthy democracy.

The businessman granted citizenship against official advice after a Government minister lobbied on his behalf has admitted domestic violence charges.

Migrant workers who were housed in central city offices with no bathroom or kitchen facilities are taking their former employer to court over unpaid wages.

The country's refugee-processing centre is being overhauled - with the capacity to house a huge and sudden intake if necessary.

New Zealanders living across the Ditch are the least likely migrants to identify themselves as being "Australian", a new study has found.

New Zealanders living across the ditch are the least likely migrants to identify themselves as being 'Australian', a new study has found.

Indian immigrants are being bullied out of thousands of dollars by overseas scammers who are threatening them with deportation.

Herald exclusive: The businessman granted citizenship against official advice after a Govt minister lobbied on his behalf is facing domestic violence charges.

Editorial: Some differences are evident in the granting of New Zealand citizenship to wealthy Chinese businessmen Bill Liu and Donghua Liu.

New Zealand border authorities concede not every traveller's passport is checked with Interpol to determine it isn't stolen.

An Afghan who claimed he had been kidnapped and tortured by members of the Taliban after working as an interpreter for Kiwi troops has been denied asylum in New Zealand.

China has overtaken the UK for the first time to become the largest source country for total permanent migrants to New Zealand.

Labour says it's "extremely unfair" that a convicted fraudster was given a 4-year stay from deportation while a young man needing crucial surgery has been given a week.

A Fijian migrant who needs a life-saving kidney transplant says he has been given a "death sentence" by immigration officials who will deport him if he does not leave New Zealand.

New Zealand's inbound net migration rose to a 10-year high in January as fewer people quit the country to cross the Tasman.

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.

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

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

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