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Two $10m investors cleared to move to NZ
Two business migrants, wanting to invest $10m each in NZ and described as "serious entrepreneurs", have been given the okay to move here.
Record number of deaths in NZ
The year ending in September had the second highest number of deaths in NZ in recorded history after the year to September 2008.
Residency 'carrot' lures rich investors
Thousands of wealthy foreigners are lining up to move to NZ, ahead of the introduction of business migration laws that will grant them residency almost immediately.
Sri Lanka deal bid to curb asylum seekers
Australia and Sri Lanka have agreed to toughen measures against people smugglers.
Gender gap widens among university graduates
Two-thirds of bachelor degrees last year went to women, the highest figure on record in New Zealand.
Zimmer-frame nation: A vision of Britain in 2083
The Independent's Sean O'Grady looks at what the UK's burgeoning population could mean for future generations.
Migration gain the most in five years
The number of people moving to New Zealand to stay reached a five-year high in September.
Aussies multiplying in great numbers
Australia is poised to be the world's fastest growing industrialised nation over the next four decades.
Shame of the elders abandoned by family
Some Indian grandparents are being brought to NZ by their families only to be used as babysitters and then 'practically abandoned'.
Kiwi expats returning in big numbers
New Zealand had its highest annual net migration gain in nearly five years during the 12 months to August.
Sick mother granted medical waiver to stay with NZ family
Mother says she cried for two hours after being told she could stay in the country.
Study: Baby-boomers risk life of poverty
The number of people aged 65-plus is expected to double in the next 30 to 40 years.