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Foreign health bills top $19m
Foreign patients treated in New Zealand hospitals owe the system at least $19 million.

Call for calm after Asians vent anger online over racist leaflets
A senior Chinese community leader is calling for calm as emotions run deep over race-attack...

Claims licensed immigration advisers may be tied into scam
Overstayers are said to be paying hundreds of dollars for fraudulent citizenship certificates.

Christchurch earthquake: Immigrant families refugees a second time
Hundreds of Afghanis who fled their home country have become refugees again - this time from Christchurch.

Waikato police focus on Sharma's son
Police say they are focusing on the welfare of motherless four-year-old Akash Sharma, while they decide whether to extradite his father back to NZ.

NZ police in Fiji to question burnt woman's husband
New Zealand police detectives have arrived in Fiji to question the husband of a woman burnt alive near Huntly.

Burnt-alive suspect expected to be a priest
The husband of an Auckland woman burnt to death is the son of a Hindu high priest and was nearly deported from NZ for overstaying.

WikiLeaks: US image in NZ 'has been damaged by leaks'
Helen Clark believes WikiLeaks cables showing 'disrespect' for NZ's foreign policy have damaged the US image in NZ.

Diploma rort: 50 students rejected
An Auckland university campus rejected about 50 foreign students who could speak barely a word of English.