A 7-year-old girl has been banned from entering New Zealand with her adopted parents because authorities say she is too sick to live here.

Police have won the right to take a case involving an Iraqi man wanted for alleged people smuggling to the Court of Appeal.

Immigration NZ has admitted it questioned an Iraqi refugee about allegations he was involved in people-smuggling, but allowed him to settle in this country anyway.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

Tongan police are under investigation after it was revealed the criminal records of 33 people were wiped in order to gain visas to enter New Zealand.

A Czech man who witnessed a murder and fled to New Zealand on a false passport could be deported after appearing before the courts for the third time.

Oamaru locals have rallied around a Tongan family facing deportation before their young daughter is able to have much-needed surgery here.

A tetraplegic man declined New Zealand residency is being deported to Tonga to what his family fears is a death sentence.

Millions of Chinese have viewed the pictures of Queenstown that Yao Chen has posted on her Weibo page.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully was briefed on the need to seize Kim Dotcom's assets at the time his officials were worried rejecting requests might upset the US.

These are lean times for tourism. New Zealand is competing with 140 other destinations to attract them and appears to be doing quite well.

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

Chinese students appealing to remain in NZ after their visa applications were found to contain fake qualifications and bank statements are claiming to be fraud victims.

Mike Tyson's second application for a visa to visit New Zealand has been rejected, and the Maori leader who sponsored it blames the Prime Minister.

Willie Jackson says he'll write a letter to authorities today saying ex-boxer and convicted rapist Mike Tyson could help South Auckland youth turn their lives around.

A school teacher from Wellington has been hailed as the woman who stopped convicted rapist Mike Tyson visiting New Zealand.

Nearly 500 people were turned away by immigration officers in the last year after claiming to be in a long-term relationship with New Zealanders.