Immigration officers will gain police-like powers to enter and search homes without a warrant under law changes designed to stamp out exploitation of migrants.

Kiwi spouses of US citizens in this country would not have their financial records passed to American tax authorities under rules that take effect this year

Australia's offshore detention policy is under intense scrutiny again after a night of violence at the Manus Island centre left one asylum-seeker dead.

Korean mother Christina Oh, 39, is thrilled at the prospect of being able to vote in this year's general election after she got her New Zealand permanent resident visa just before Christmas.

Living wage campaigners say it now costs $18.80 an hour to feed two adults and two children in New Zealand.

Migration is a big deal in the New Zealand economy, writes Brian Fallow. In such a small, open and mobile country changes in the net flow of permanent and long-term migrants are a major influence on the economic cycle.

Enticing more migrants into the country could dramatically increase the income of New Zealand, new research has found.

At a special Waitangi Day ceremony in Wellington yesterday, six families became new citizens. We talk to three of them on why they chose to become New Zealanders.

Reporter Sarah Illingworth speaks to eight Kiwis from different backgrounds about what the Treaty and our national day mean to them.

Australian-born broadcaster Alison Mau won't get NZ citizenship for fear of breaking her mother's heart.

A former immigration adviser sent to jail yesterday had already been disciplined seven times for behaviour including making a client his servant and offering to get another woman pregnant.

Tony Abbott has vowed turning asylum seekers' boats back to Indonesia, despite brutality claims and warnings of naval conflict.

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Australia’s Immigration Minister is receiving tampons and sanitary towels in his post box from protesters against alleged restrictions on sanitary products for refugees.

"Megaupload knowing created and and facilitated the distribution of stolen property." The FBI does a tell-all interview on TV's 60 Minutes.

Nearly 800 people were prevented from entering New Zealand over the past year.

Turning the Coalition's best known three-word slogan into reality was always going to be a tough ask for the Abbott Government in Australia.

A detailed account of the evidence against Kim Dotcom has been released by the FBI to allow so-called victims of alleged piracy to claim against his seized fortune.

Customs has refused to answer questions about an email asking staff to send information on Kim Dotcom to the FBI in exchange for "brownie points".

New Zealand's inbound migration remained elevated in November as new migrants kept arriving and fewer locals drifted across the Tasman.

The "secrets-for-brownie points" case has been escalated to Customs Minister Maurice Williamson - but he says it has nothing to do with him.

A senior Customs official told colleagues in charge of highly personal information they could earn "brownie points"if they passed secrets to the FBI.

Auckland house and apartment building is at a 5-year high, with nearly 5700 dwelling consents issued in the year to October.

Our house prices are high, our wages are low - so why is the world coming home to New Zealand?

NZ migration and corporate relocation specialist, Woburn International, has beaten rivals from 165 countries to be named the Cartus Global Destination Service Provider of 2013.

Editorial: It has been a long wait for a clear measure of New Zealand's population. Now the census confirms it's 4.24m, it's time to think about how to increase that headcount.