A Bill to restore citizenship to people whose New Zealand citizenship was removed by law in 1982 has received numerous public submissions. It was a time that “targeted and terrorised” many immigrant people, including a disproportionate number of Pacific Islands’ people, says Peter Garrick, a New Zealander living in Samoa. There, the citizenship issue is Read more
Acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni has put Immigration NZ on notice over a dawn raid it carried out a fortnight ago. The raid involved Immigration and Police officials turning up at a family home and arresting the father at 5am in front of his four terrified children. The cops were banging on the back and Read more
You are lying asleep in your bed in the home you own. It should be the most comfortable place but, before the sun is up, police are knocking on your door and you will have to convince them you deserve to stay. They’re shining a torch into your face, holding back a German shepherd “frothing at the Read more