Our latest batch of citizens are embracing the multicultural nature of the country they now call home.

An Australian judge has held that Victoria's Transport Department is racially discriminating against New Zealand students - but has allowed it to continue.

A Kiribati man's bid to become the world's first climate change refugee in New Zealand has been rejected for a third time.

A bizarre love rectangle was outlined in a case before a Migration Review Tribunal of Australia hearing this month.

NZ gained a net 3,000 permanent and long-term migrants last month, the most since June 2003.

Immigration New Zealand has a secret blacklist with the names of 185 lawyers and immigration advisers it claims have questionable characters.

Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says officials are looking at claims that asylum seekers in the Middle East have bought false New Zealand visas and passports.

Parliament has been interrupted by a heated protest by a group of people demanding justice on an immigration issue, with security struggling to remove several of them.

Green Party MP Jan Logie says she is "safe'' after being detained by Sri Lankan authorities and her passport confiscated.

Immigration officials will consider removing GPs from a skills shortage list as newly qualified immigrant doctors struggle to find jobs in hospitals.

The Ombudsman has found Immigration NZ was wrong to reject the partners of Indian migrants - now hundreds of visas need to be reassessed.

New Zealand has been rated the fifth most prosperous nation to live in, according to an international report.

People-smugglers are promoting passage to NZ for $17,000 and describe it to would-be customers as "the cruise ship option", secret recordings reveal.

Sometimes, changes in attitude are apparent not so much because of what is being said as what is not being said.

Jump in arrivals will put further pressure on Auckland and Christchurch housing stocks, says economist.

A Pacific islander is attempting to become the world's first climate change refugee in New Zealand.

New Zealanders who die or leave the country permanently are being replaced by citizens of other nations.

Low-quality education providers will face the axe and universities and schools considered "high quality" will enjoy privileges, including the ability to offer prioritised visa processing to students.

Their long-term inability to fully belong in their adopted country, suggests that the present policies are unsustainable, writes Dr Kate McMillan and Paul Hamer.

Kiwis have access to among the widest range of visa-free destinations around the world, just behind the United Kingdom and citizens of European Union nations.

An immigration advisor who was found to have attempted to sexually exploit a client and employed her as a live-in servant without pay has been fined $18,000.

New Zealand gained a seasonally adjusted net 2,100 migrants last month, as fewer Kiwis cross the Tasman.

John Key has some high-level support in his quest to get the UK to lift new visa restrictions on Kiwis. While London's mayor is on board, the British PM is not.

A Nigerian man who tried to bring 11 children into New Zealand in an immigration scam is still living with his 'wife' from their sham marriage.

A South African immigrant who faced deportation for being clinically obese says he'll be allowed to stay in NZ for another 23 months.

The first two Thai couples to book same-sex marriages in NZ have had to battle to get visitor permits from immigration officials who appear to have been suspicious about their 30-year age gaps.