New Zealand Immigration News

China is now the largest source of migrants to New Zealand March 07, 2014

For the first time, China has overtaken the United Kingdom and has turned out to be the largest source of permanent immigrants to New Zealand.The annual report of ‘Migration Trends and Outlook’ has shown that Chinese have made up 15 % of the total 38,961 people who were allowed on a resident visa to New Zealand i...

New Zealand government's 'harsh' decision regarding an immigrant's condition February 27, 2014

According to new reports from New Zealand, a sick New Zealander, Sanil Kumar, who is on a migrant visa and has a health condition requiring kidney transplantation could be deported, because of an immigration department’s conclusion regarding his case. As per the Immigration department, it has been decided that if S...

Some kiwis fight for Kiwis' rights in Australia February 26, 2014

According to some news reports, some New Zealanders who have migrated and settled in Australia have complaints, grievances, etc. about what they call as discriminatory laws. These laws sometimes even split families with some set of laws being applicable to some members of the family while another set of laws are applic...

Hugh Laurie's 'tweets' regarding the Immigration Authority and Department February 21, 2014

British actor Hugh Laurie’s ‘humorous and tongue-in-cheek tweet’ aimed at New Zealand’s Immigration department or authority was only that: meant to be ‘humorous and tongue-in-cheek’ according to his publicist based in New Zealand, Ms. Michelle Lafferty. Hugh Laurie, both an actor and a musician, is popula...

Study concludes that more migrants increase New Zealanad's incomes: NZIER February 15, 2014

According to NZIER (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research Inc .), an institute providing a wide range of consulting services for clients in the public and private sectors, attracting and allowing more outside migrants into the country could dramatically increase the income of the nation domestically. Accordi...

Chinese Migration in New Zealand February 01, 2014

There have recently been new travel regulations put in place in New Zealand for the migrants from China. The recent changes have resulted in a loss of the amount of Chinese Migrants coming into the country though Tourism New Zealand say this was predicted and is worrying as the country is expected to reap the finan...

New Zealand net migration over last year February 01, 2014

New Zealand had its highest net gain of migrants in more than a decade!Figures show that during a one month time period a staggering 2,40 foreign born people arrived in the country, this is the highest number since 2003. We had a net loss of of just over 3,500 of citizens who emigrated to Australia but this is signific...

NZ is a dream home for migrants - Fact February 01, 2014

A recent global survey which compared answers from 520,000 interviews over 154 countries discovered that New Zealand is a dream migration destination! If everyone in the world could select where there wished to live our population would rise by a staggering 134%. The survey, compiled by Gallup’s Potential Net Mig...

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