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Cuts To Southern Budgeting Services Will Leave A Major Hole In Communities

Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:26:48 +1200 | FIRST Union

"It’s tempting to think that the Government has cut funding for the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, but the truth is that budgeting services can stop people falling over the edge in the first place," said Mr Watson.More >>

VisaAide Streamlines Accreditation Renewals For New Zealand Employers

Wed, 3 Jul 2024 11:57:14 +1200 | VisaAide

VisaAide, a leading professional immigration advisory service in New Zealand, is revolutionising the employer accreditation renewal process by offering expert guidance and up-to-date information.More >>

Samoa Citizenship Bill: 'Hell' Easier To Reach Than NZ, Says Ex-Samoan PM At Public Hearing

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 14:10:11 +1200 | RNZ

Samoa's former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi says it is easier for his people to get to "hell" than to come to New Zealand. More >>

Second Sentencing For Involvement In Brazilian Migrant Sex Scheme

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:46:53 +1200 | New Zealand Immigration

Maristela De Souza, a Brazilian woman, has been sentenced to 10 months home detention after being charged, along with co-defendant Michael James Sloan, with aiding and abetting individuals to breach conditions of their visas. More >>

New Zealand Struggles With Human Trafficking: 2024 Report Keeps Country At Tier 2 For Fourth Year

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:11:27 +1200 | ECPAT

Aotearoa New Zealand has just been ranked at Tier 2 in the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report by the U.S. Department of State, marking the fourth consecutive year the country has not fully met the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking.More >>

Migrant Group Horrified By 'Ruthless' Changes To Visa Scheme

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 17:36:50 +1200 | RNZ

A group representing migrant workers has described changes to visa rules as "heart-wrenching" and "insensitive". More >>

Family Fighting To Keep Aunt In New Zealand As Immigration Tells Her To Go

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:41:50 +1200 | RNZ

An Auckland family says they are heartbroken their auntie, a carer for her disabled brother, is being told to leave the country. More >>

"Heartless" Immigration Changes Show Govt Is Turning Its Back On Migrant Workers

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:37:25 +1200 | First Union

Migrant workers had been welcomed to Aotearoa during the Covid-19 pandemic due to worker shortages, and the Government’s new changes would leave many migrant workers out of pocket and in the dark regarding future plans to bring family members to the ...More >>

Kiwi Employers Face Further Barriers To Fill Lower-skilled Roles

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:57:55 +1200 | Pitt and Moore

Immediate changes made to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) Scheme have come as a shock to the country’s employers and migrant workers, says Pitt & Moore immigration lawyer Elly Fleming.More >>

Former MP Arthur Anae Slams National's Stance On Samoa Citizenship Bill

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:52:04 +1200 | RNZ

A former National Party MP says his late party looked "like dickheads" not supporting the first reading of a bill that would restore New Zealand citizenship to a group of Samoans.More >>

Victory For The Disposables: The Sentencing Of The Hindujas

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:35:47 +1200 | Binoy Kampmark

On June 21, four members of the Hinduja family, the UK’s wealthiest according to the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated value of £37.196 billion, were convicted in a Swiss court of first instance for exploiting staff at their Geneva ...More >>

Waitakere Ethnic Board Celebrates World Refugee Day

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:48:33 +1200 | Waitakere Ethnic Board

New Zealand is one of 37 countries that take part in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regular refugee resettlement programme. New Zealand’s annual Refugee Quota has increased to 1,500 places since July 2020.More >>

Celebrating World Refugee Day

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:10:23 +1200 | New Zealand Immigration

Established by the United Nations in 2001, the theme for this year’s World Refugee Day is “a world where refugees are welcomed”. More >>

Chinese Community Disappointed About Timeframe Of Five-year Parent Visitor Visa

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:04:00 +1200 | RNZ

Chinese families are disappointed Immigration New Zealand will only start to work on the five-year parent visitor visa next year. More >>

The Truth About The Shadowy ‘Migration 5’

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:49:54 +1200 | RNZ

Gill Bonnett , Reporter 17 June 2024 What started as a scheme to check the identities of a few thousand asylum seekers has spiraled into a vast network of data about everyone who comes and goes from the ‘Five Eyes’ nations. On the third floor of a central ...More >>

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