Xenia Taliotis checks into a rainforest hotel on a Bay of Bengal island.

An Auckland artist says materials stolen from her art installation at a festival over the weekend were "sacred" to her. "I know to

Nine Indian students who had been facing deportation have been offered a deal that would let them reapply for student visas after returning to India.

Supporters of Indian students who have taken sanctuary in an Auckland church to avoid deportation say the students' vigil is entering its final days.

Church says students welcome for as long as they need sanctuary.

COMMENT: The visa applications of the Indian students sheltering in an Auckland church are fraudulent and the law is the law.

Nine Indian students facing deportation orders for visa fraud have been told no action will be taken against them today.

COMMENT: I am stunned at the New Zealand Government's decision to deport a large number of Indian students.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

Labour leader will make a last-ditch appeal to the Government not to deport a group of Indian students over fraudulent documents submitted by their immigration agents.

A church harbouring Indian students facing deportation asks the Government to allow them to stay on compassionate grounds.

The Auckland church that hosted NZ's first same-sex marriage has decided to give sanctuary to nine Indian students facing deportation over a student visa fraud.

A young Indian couple facing deportation with their 2-year-old daughter are now planning to seek sanctuary in a central Auckland church.

Students facing deportation plan to seek refuge in a church.

In at least some of these calls, according to some accounts, the American leader lived up to his reputation for straight-talking and bombastic rhetoric.

In India, for the price of the latest iPhone, you could eat breakfast, lunch and dinner for an entire year, and still have a bit of cash to spare.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

Kiwis travelling to India are being warned to pre-pay as much as possible and bring credit cards as the country struggles with currency issues.

Apple wants India to offer tax concessions on iPhones that the company plans to manufacture in the country.

A shopkeeper faces charges after a New Zealand teenager said she was sexually assaulted on an educational tour of India.

A woman has been charged with murder after a man died in Christchurch on Christmas Day.

In the sleepy mountainous states of North India, marijuana has grown indigenously for hundreds of years.

Controversy as England cricket fans post offensive jokes at India test match about the likes of Madeleine McCann, Adam Johnson and Josef Fritzl.

Employers are exploiting international students, who put up with illegal wages and working conditions so they can get a visa and stay in New Zealand.

A female Indian student who has tried to immigrate honestly to NZ tells how she was propositioned and asked to pay for jobs to get her visa.

An experienced New Zealand teacher has opened up about international education, calling it "a scam".

Schools with thousands of international students have been warned after officials fear they showed similar problems to a college shut down after a cheating scandal.

Parishioners shocked, saddened by statue's theft

They have bushy beards, a preference for loose-fitting robes, hundreds of millions of devotees - and a line of consumer products.

Tourists have been forced to busk and beg for money on the streets of India after 'demonetisation' of high-value currency left them 'virtually penniless'.