Stories by Lucy Xia

过去两个月，有三四十名移民工人求助，他们均持认证雇主工作签证（accredited employer work visa），大部分在清洁公司和餐饮行业工作。

数十名来自中国的工人支付了数千纽币拿到工签，却在抵达新西兰不久后，要么没有任何工作，要么被雇主辞退，面临无业、一贫如洗的境地。

A Pacific community leader wants the government to fast-track law changes to ban dawn-raid like immigration compliance visits. Audio

Three Chinese migrant workers who were sacked within a month of each other by the same employer are the latest to be left jobless after paying thousands of dollars for work visas.

This year's extreme weather events are having lasting impacts in Auckland, with a house in the suburb of Swanson on the brink of collapse and major state highways blocked by slips.

A Chinese man has been living in an Auckland garage for three months and working illegally after paying more than $17,000 for an accredited employer work visa.

The Queenstown Citizen Advice Bureau is helping dozens of migrant workers who are struggling to pay rent and basic living costs.

Dozens of Chinese migrant workers have been left jobless after paying thousands of dollars for work visas, only to be told there is no work or dismissed by their employer. Audio

Some are fed-up with long delays in getting the devices installed, and others say the eligibility criteria for funding is still too narrow. Audio

A Chinese overstayer says his wrist was broken during a dawn raid by immigration officers in Auckland last year, and that Immigration officers created a cover-up story.

The funeral of a Whangārei Boys' High School student who died during a caving trip earlier this week will take place on Sunday.

Poor design and maintenance of drains is the main reason behind the extent of damage caused by recent weather events, Muriwai residents on Auckland's west coast say.

They want Auckland Council to fix their blocked drains and take faster action to protect them from future flooding events.

Fire and Emergency said it believed the fire was deliberately lit, and people near the scene have told RNZ they heard an explosion after seeing a group of young people running from the carpark.

Residents and businesses in the Waikato settlement are worried about the impact of the closures, as Waka Kotahi begins fixing an underslip on SH31.

National security checks have created long delays for some Chinese PhD students wanting to study in New Zealand.

An elderly West Auckland couple face many months of living in a storm-damaged house after the Anniversary Weekend flood wrecked walls and a tree punched a hole through the roof. Audio

First Union says their former employer, Rehua Reo Contracting, effectively forced them to quit by stopping wages late last year.

Stats NZ says 2.6 million people had participated in this year's census as of yesterday's midnight deadline.

Church leaders and local politicians gave speeches and prayers, and people walked to the site where Joshuah Tasi died to pay their respects.

Some residents from Auckland's Muriwai, displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle, have been staying at a makeshift caravan park for the past two weeks.

A kitty of portable cabins is on standby to provide a roof over the head for people displaced in Auckland's flooding.

Five cliff-side houses on the Āwhitu Peninsula have been evacuated after a bach was destroyed in a slip, injuring three people.

Lunar New Year festivities kicked off over the weekend in Auckland, as members of the Asian diaspora usher in the Year of the Rabbit.

On the streets of the prime minister's electorate, people said the announcement had come like a bolt from the blue.