Posts Tagged ‘NZ immigration’

Ukrainian family living in uncertainty in NZ, with special visas to expire

Thursday, March 16th, 2023

A Ukrainian couple who fled their war-torn homeland and found sanctuary in Aotearoa are pleading with the New Zealand Government to let them stay. Andrii Mishchenko​ and Olha Turska​ arrived in New Zealand in April 2022 on the two-year special Ukraine visa. The area surrounding their hometown of Sloviansk in Donbas​ was involved in intense Read more

Immigration: N Z has the fastest growing population in OECD

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

The word immigration is likely to spark a reaction, depending which side of the welcoming gate you stand. On Sunday, Duncan Garner faced a torrent of abuse, including being labelled a racist, following a column calling for New Zealand to curb immigration. Winston Peters and his party, NZ First, want to cut the number of people coming into the country – Read more