A growing number of Kiwis are misspelling their own names on travel documents, risking being left stranded at airports or sent home by overseas authorities.

Periodically, calls are made for a rapid expansion of the population of New Zealand - 15 million has been identified as a desirable target.

Oamaru locals have rallied around a Tongan family facing deportation before their young daughter is able to have much-needed surgery here.

The head of China Southern Airlines wants to forge a relationship with Air New Zealand to build on each others' domestic networks.

What's your name and, where were you born are some of the questions travellers departing New Zealand will no longer need to answer under new proposals.

A tetraplegic man declined New Zealand residency is being deported to Tonga to what his family fears is a death sentence.

An Auckland developer says Chinese are using property as a ticket into this country because owning real estate increases immigration visa points.

Malaysia has the most travellers turned away at the New Zealand border. Those rejected include some carrying false passports from people-smuggling syndicates.

No one seems to think it worth reflecting on the ethics of a government cutting a deal with a foreign business to provide their customers with a visa short-cut, writes Toby Manhire.

Millions of Chinese have viewed the pictures of Queenstown that Yao Chen has posted on her Weibo page.

This decision was made within the context of a wider Govt strategy designed to better optimise the opportunities presented by our fastest-growing visitor market, writes Martin Snedden.

The Government is facing heat over its relationship with SkyCity after claims the casino lobbied it over a deal to fast-track visas for wealthy Chinese visitors.

Sky City helped negotiate a deal struck by the Govt which fast tracks wealthy Chinese visitors' visa applications to NZ, Winston Peters has revealed.

The Government is looking to fast track immigration processing of wealthy Chinese visitors despite concerns about the risk of "imported criminality".

In their unwillingness to face the reality of changing demographics, US Republicans are behaving like King Canute.