The Reserve Bank has told the Government to review immigration policy in a bid to stem rising house prices.

COMMENT: The debate about migrant numbers in New Zealand is more complicated than people would have us believe.

Over the space of a week, Kaitangata has gone from being little known outside Otago to an unlikely international media darling.

World media have got the wrong end of the stick - forcing Kaitangata to remind potential new residents they'll have to pay to move south.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economic history matches the line chart for our net migration flow through the years, writes Liam Dann.

National is preparing for immigration to become a major election issue.

WATCH: New Zealand's migration gain per capita is currently running nearly three times as high as the UK.

New Zealand would take 150 refugees each year from Australian detention centres if asked to, Prime Minister says.

COMMENT: The economy's vital signs don't look too bad, at first glance.

Britain leaving the European Union is the best chance to reverse immigration restrictions on New Zealanders, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.

Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.

COMMENT: I spent a lot of last week with New Zealanders who are former refugees, migrants and followers of the Islamic faith. It was a week like no other.

Refugees will be getting a "five star" temporary first home when they arrive in NZ, says a former refugee who now works for Immigration New Zealand.

Yunjuan Li pleaded guilty to six charges of supplying false or misleading information to an immigration officer.

COMMENT: New Zealand's annual refugee intake of 750 was disgracefully low. An intake of 1000 is not much better.

COMMENT: In all the hullaballoo this week about New Zealand's record high migration, a strange fact has emerged.

Sellers of big ticket items like cars, boats and caravans say business is booming on the back of a strong economy and a wealth effect driven by rising property prices.

COMMENT: Population growth contributes to the country's productivity, available skills and demand. But not everyone or everywhere benefits.

At first, the baby looked as "if it were still alive".

The Treasury warned that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs, depress wages and increase housing pressures.

Fatumata Bah was out shopping when a European woman asked if she would like a "free ride back to the airport" to go back to where she came from.

This country would benefit from many more people, and better preparation for their arrival.

The world needs to act together on the refugee crisis gripping Europe, European Council president Donald Tusk said yesterday.

This is the dramatic moment an overcrowded fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the Libyan coast.

New records for migration and tourism in April, provide buffer for the economy hurt by weak prices for dairy products.

Australia's Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, has slightly softened his rhetoric about resettling illiterate refugees following a backlash.

Ann An moved to New Zealand as a child with her parents from China - and still wakes up in the morning asking "who am I?"

More Indian student visas have been declined than approved in the past 10 months, as Immigration New Zealand battles widespread fraud.

More Indian student visas have been declined than approved in the past 10 months, as Immigration New Zealand battles widespread fraud.

COMMENT: Showing leadership on this issue, and working with states in the region, will lead to stronger relationships across the board. That has to be in NZ's wider public interest, writes Michael Timmins..