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Fewer questions for departure card
What's your name and, where were you born are some of the questions travellers departing New Zealand will no longer need to answer under new proposals.

College allowed to resume student visa applications
The High Court has found Immigration's suspension of processing student visas for study at an Auckland private training establishment to be "invalid and unlawful".

Tetraplegic: 'I don't want to go'
A tetraplegic man declined New Zealand residency is being deported to Tonga to what his family fears is a death sentence.

Property used to enter NZ - developer
An Auckland developer says Chinese are using property as a ticket into this country because owning real estate increases immigration visa points.

Migrant chef paid boss $13k to keep job
A Chinese employer has to pay more than $46,000 after charging a migrant to work at a restaurant, and paying him only five times during eight months.

Malaysians top border rejection list
Malaysia has the most travellers turned away at the New Zealand border. Those rejected include some carrying false passports from people-smuggling syndicates.

Toby Manhire: China Southern visa pact crosses ethical line
No one seems to think it worth reflecting on the ethics of a government cutting a deal with a foreign business to provide their customers with a visa short-cut, writes Toby Manhire.

Chinese star's wedding boon for tourism
Millions of Chinese have viewed the pictures of Queenstown that Yao Chen has posted on her Weibo page.

Heat over Govt-casino links
The Government is facing heat over its relationship with SkyCity after claims the casino lobbied it over a deal to fast-track visas for wealthy Chinese visitors.

Sky City helped with visa deal - Peters
Sky City helped negotiate a deal struck by the Govt which fast tracks wealthy Chinese visitors' visa applications to NZ, Winston Peters has revealed.

Govt to offer fast-track visas for wealthy Chinese
The Government is looking to fast track immigration processing of wealthy Chinese visitors despite concerns about the risk of "imported criminality".

Paul Thomas: Why America ruined the fat cats' party
In their unwillingness to face the reality of changing demographics, US Republicans are behaving like King Canute.

Queries over citizenship decision
Immigration officials questioned the decision to grant a wealthy businessman citizenship while he was under investigation by three government agencies, emails reveal.

Who will be #4,444,444?
New Zealand's population will reach 4,444,444 tomorrow, according to Government population numbers.