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From April, employers who use migrant workers and breach employment standards will be banned from taking on overseas workers for up to two years.

Eight Indian students facing deportation for immigration fraud have agreed to leave New Zealand by Monday but they are also asking

Pressure is mounting for the Government to reconsider the plea for lifelong visitor visas from Chinese parents who lost their only child in the Christchurch quake.

Chinese immigrant and only-child Chen Wang's biggest wish is to see his 60-year-old mother, Jie Qu, come through the Auckland Airport arrival hall.

Recent events in the US prompt NZ On Screen's Nicky Harrop to re-examine some chapters in New Zealand's immigration history.

Nine Indian students who had been facing deportation have been offered a deal that would let them reapply for student visas after returning to India.

Supporters of Indian students who have taken sanctuary in an Auckland church to avoid deportation say the students' vigil is entering its final days.

Church says students welcome for as long as they need sanctuary.

COMMENT: I am stunned at the New Zealand Government's decision to deport a large number of Indian students.

COMMENT: This 31-year-old says at 19 he was forced to serve in Robert Mugabe's secret police and participated in up to 20 murders, several rapes and multiple tortures.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

COMMENT: Auckland needs to work harder and closer to build a two-way, long-term New Zealand-China relationship.

An Auckland man has failed in his appeal against a jail sentence for beating his wife with a hammer.

Labour leader will make a last-ditch appeal to the Government not to deport a group of Indian students over fraudulent documents submitted by their immigration agents.

Teachers have been told to encourage children to speak their first languages in their first few years of education, rather than sticking solely to English.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a 24-hour task force to oversee the transition of US President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

If Australia's Turnbull got Grumpy Trump, English got "friendly, warm, thoughtful" Trump and even an invite to the White House "if you're passing by".

A church harbouring Indian students facing deportation asks the Government to allow them to stay on compassionate grounds.

The Auckland church that hosted NZ's first same-sex marriage has decided to give sanctuary to nine Indian students facing deportation over a student visa fraud.

President Donald Trump has tweeted that the ruling of a judge against his travel ban is "ridiculous and will be overturned".

Peter Thiel netted tens of millions of dollars.

COMMENT: There is frustration as well as fury in the messages mainstream media are receiving. Somehow we need to work out what is not being said.

A young Indian couple facing deportation with their 2-year-old daughter are now planning to seek sanctuary in a central Auckland church.

Students facing deportation plan to seek refuge in a church.

COMMENT: Readers of a certain age might remember when there was a degree of prejudice against the wave of immigrants from the Netherlands, Brian Fallow writes.

A Tauranga man sentenced in connection with a recent high-profile human trafficking case has avoided jail after offering to pay full reparation to his victims.

Billionaire Peter Thiel claimed in a citizenship application that if his unusual request was granted he would tell the world he was a New Zealander.

Nearly one in two Americans support Donald Trump's block on some immigrants