Stories by Gill Bonnett

"I swear I've never grinned as much in my life," says Michelle Shaw about the moment they finally knew their family were set to be New Zealand residents. Video

More than 1500 firefighters remain unvaccinated as a government deadline looms on Monday.

Fathers separated from their children by border restrictions are calling for the government not to forget their plight.

A tribunal says migrants need to be protected from an adviser whose systemic deceptions left a couple unlawfully in the country.

The largest New Zealand study into vape products showed harmful bacteria, substances and chemicals are lurking in them.

A recruitment firm bringing Filipino workers from the Cook Islands says Air New Zealand gave travellers a shock when the flight schedule was wiped.

The government says it will look at a 'quirk' in immigration policy that means some workers have to leave the country and fly back in to be eligible for next year's one-off residence visa.

Affected police officers will have to have one dose by the end of this month and be fully vaccinated by 14 January to continue in their jobs.

Surf Life Saving and Coastguard are scrambling to confirm which volunteers must be vaccinated against Covid-19, and what that means for rescues on the water.

Firefighters have been told they must be vaccinated and there are concerns about what emergency coverage will look like when their first deadline passes on Monday.

Migrants are selling their belongings, begging for money and living in garages after losing their jobs during lockdown.

An immigration decision against two suspected spies has the hallmarks of a set-up to deny them justice, according to a former minister and immigration lawyer.

A couple who set up a business in New Zealand have been described as a threat to national security because of their link to Chinese intelligence services were rejected for residence.

Refugee advocates have joined forces to demand a say on the review of New Zealand's refugee resettlement strategy.

A doctor says leaving the country and flying back in is the only way for her to be eligible for the government's one-off residence visa.

New Zealanders are frustrated at how government agencies are held to account, with change needed to reconnect the public sector with those it serves.

Complaints about the government's Three Waters Reform TV adverts have described them as misinformation, untrue and a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign.

Pacific leaders say offering 'visas for vaccinations' would be the ultimate incentive for overstayers to get the Covid-19 jab, as Auckland struggles to stop infections spreading through the community.

Richard Small says with a record 165,000 new residents expected next year, making Covid-19 vaccinations a condition of visas would increase immunity levels in hard-to-reach communities.

Migrant parents say they feel invisible after they were left out of an immigration announcement offering residency to thousands of others.

The Green Party is calling for an expansion of the government's one-off residence visa.

People who missed out on one of the 165,000 residence visas are cursing their bad luck at not being on the right visa on the right day.

Act leader David Seymour says the government should dump its immigration reset, after it announced a record number of residence visas.

New Zealand will welcome five times its usual number of new residents by the end of next year in what the government describes as the "biggest immigration decision in living memory".

The government has backed itself into a corner on immigration and is set to announce long-awaited residence changes this week, according to the National Party.