PM John Key and NZ First leader Winston Peters say a new political party focusing on ethnic communities is unnecessary.

Immigration numbers should be reduced until Auckland's housing and transport can cope with population growth, says mayoral candidate.

Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse is being asked to intervene and save a group of Indian students from deportation.

The Herald's coverage of the increase in Brits interested in moving to New Zealand since Brexit has been labelled 'cheeky' by the Telegraph.

A new report says the immigration boom is to blame for New Zealand's low wage growth.

More than 10,500 registrations from people considering moving here from Britain have been lodged with Immigration New Zealand since the Brexit vote.

COMMENT: Allowing a flood of low-skilled migrants is frustrating that market mechanism with the short-term aim of keeping wages low for employers.

Booming migration and tourism arrivals set a new record - but economists say the net migration trend may be close to a peak.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Donald Trump proposed a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to "those who support our values."

Immigration NZ is changing its practices following the case of the 18-year-old French au pair who was locked in a Queenstown police cell while waiting to be deported.

COMMENT: James Law, chief executive of James Law Realty, responds to the Chinese real estate agent's opinion piece in the Herald.

New Zealand First is denying claims by Chinese New Zealand leaders that an op-ed slamming Chinese immigration was actually a PR stunt by the party.

COMMENT: With so much drama on the international political stage this year, the New Zealand political scene has struggled for attention.

Refugees and migrants who have not eaten for a day or more bed down on blankets and scraps of cardboard in a small park near Lake Como in Italy.

COMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.

As Government comes under pressure to cut immigration levels, a new study finds migrants are not primarily responsible for rising house prices in Auckland.

Business leader Michael Barnett says New Zealand's immigration policy needs an overhaul.

Doubling the annual refugee quota would have cost $20.6 million more a year in the long-run than the option ultimately taken to raise it from 750 to 1000, according to Government estimates.

The detention of Kiwis living in Australia could be part of a push to "purify" the country, Labour's Corrections spokesman Kelvin Davis says.

A Fijian man's "lifetime of immigration fraud" has finally caught up with him.

Ray White New Zealand says a new move into China isn't designed to flog our homes to foreigners.

One of the region's biggest real estate firms is expanding its reach to get to more Chinese buyers.

Booming migration extended its run of posting new records in June, though economists say it may have peaked.

Opposition parties say dire warning from ANZ chief executive about overheated house prices shows the market is in crisis.

Emotional and ideological contagion is becoming a more important source of systemic risk.

Medium IT salaries are down 2 per cent on increasing international job applicants.

COMMENT: Stephen Jennings' warning that "we are facing an iceberg" that deserves to shatter business complacency on housing.

Everyone seems to want to move to New Zealand, or is at least looking into the possibility.

More Australians are moving here than New Zealanders are going there and we're luring their families to happiness in the Canterbury