National's latest bit of tinkering with its immigration policy will not solve the Auckland housing crisis. It will barely touch it.

Prospective immigrants to New Zealand will be given greater incentive to go to provincial New Zealand under a series of immigration measures outlined by the PM.

Protests by French farmers and sailors, desperate migrants and traffic chaos is causing major disruptions on both sides of the English Channel.

A former immigration official and a cohort caught taking cash sweeteners to help get people into New Zealand have today admitted corruption and bribery charges.

A net inflow of 3000 migrants in June pushed the annual net gain to 58,300 - the 11th straight month it has hit a new record.

Migrant arrivals climbed 15 percent to 115,700 in the year, while departures fell 8.1 percent to 57,400.

The NZ-China free trade agreement doesn't stop new restrictions on house sales to overseas buyers, but National's subsequent deals try to, writes David Parker.

I consider myself a New Zealand patriot.But because I have a Chinese sounding name, Labour views me as part of a problem, writes Aaron Lim.

Banks create the money they lend out of nothing and can charge interest on the new money for as long as it exists in the form of a debt owed to them, writes Bryan Gould. "The affordability crisis will go on getting worse."

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

Fewer than 100 migrants have lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean since the EU boosted its search and rescue operations at the end of April.

Labour leader Andrew Little has stood by the decision to release figures showing a high proportion of house sales to people with Chinese names in Auckland.

Ignoring a plea from the Republican Party chairman to tone down his rhetoric, Trump plans to rally more than 9,000 supporters in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon.

Now that it is our turn to chair the United Nations Security Council Murray McCully says we will attempt to revive peace talks between Israel and Palestine. Not an easy task.

Immigration admits it made mistakes after a Chilean woman was sent home on the suspicion she would earn money babysitting her 3-year-old niece.

Former PM Helen Clark drew parallels between NZ settlers from humble beginnings in Britain and the thousands of boat people from Africa landing in Europe.

A teenager was refused entry after officials ruled that a plan to spend time with her niece meant she would be working illegally.

Auckland's net gain of 26,600 migrants in the past year boosted demand for housing in the city, writes Brian Fallow. But if you are talking about home ownership there are a lot more factors at play.

NZ has had a net gain of 57,800 migrants in the year through May - the 10th consecutive record-breaking month.

English remains king throughout wider Auckland but the second most-spoken language depends on the neighbourhood.

Now is the time when we need to work out what we think about refugees and asylum seekers.

For tomorrow's World Refugee Day the Herald looks at how three young people have made lives for themselves here.

Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says the Government may lift the refugee quota next year.

Hungary has unveiled plans to build a fence along its border with Serbia as part of an anti-immigration drive, saying it "cannot afford to wait any longer" for the European Union to come up with a solution to the migration crisis.

Key had little choice but to put some distance between himself and Abbott's handling of the asylum-seeker payment row, writes John Armstrong.

Medical staff treating asylum seekers on Nauru were told to withhold details of psychological effects of living in detention from mental health reports, a psychiatrist claims.

More than once, the Prime Minister has warned that, at some time, a boatload of desperate people will wash up on our shores.

Mother speaks out as Immigration NZ withhold permanent residency from sick child of NZ citizen.