Refugees And Migrants
Making New Zealand Home: Eliana Rubashkyn
Each week at this time we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are speaking to Eliana Rubashkyn from Colombia. Audio
Surge in Indian student visa refusals in 2019
The number of Indians denied study visas for New Zealand spiked last year with 5256 refusals, most of them for polytechnics and private tertiary institutes.
High fliers get fast-tracked residence visas
Immigration New Zealand has spelt out how high pay takes skilled workers to the top of a priority list after complaints to the Ombudsman about its unpublished fast-track processing policy.
How to save a language when you're the only speaker in New Zealand
What use is a language no-one else in New Zealand can speak? Ena Manuireva has the answer and is on a Mangareva mission that looks close to impossible: He wants to save his native tongue from… Audio
How to save a language when you're the only speaker in New Zealand
What use is a language no-one else in New Zealand can speak? Ena Manuireva has the answer and is on a Mangareva mission that looks close to impossible: He wants to save his native tongue from…
AudioMaking New Zealand Home: Alaa Sukkar
Each week at this time we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are speaking to Alaa Sukkar from Syria and now lives in… Audio
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On 15 March 2019, dozens of women hovered in the female section of Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque as their time of worship became a time of terror, shocking the nation to its core. Audio
The huge fraud issues Immigration staff have to tackle
Sharon Brettkelly gets a rare look inside Immigration New Zealand as staff deal with increasing cases of fraud, and political clouds on the horizon. Audio
The huge fraud issues Immigration staff have to tackle
Sharon Brettkelly gets a rare look inside Immigration New Zealand as staff deal with increasing cases of fraud, and political clouds on the horizon.
AudioBreaking the mould: Mo Muse
Auckland based Somali-NZ rapper Mo Muse talks to Kathryn Ryan about what it is like being a first generation New Zealander trying to find his way between two worlds. Video, Audio
Nyadol Nyuon: 'When we focus on race, we cage people'
Australian lawyer and human rights advocate Nyadol Nyuon talks to Kathryn Ryan about media misrepresentation and meeting life's challenges. Audio
Govt locked in talks on overhauling residence visa programme
The Government is locked in talks about overhauling the residence visa programme to prioritise highly skilled immigrants.
Some skilled workers are waiting more than 15 months for the visas, and the… Audio
The North's inhospitable hospitality towards refugees
The University of Glasgow's Professor Alison Phipps is an activist for an end to the awful and lengthy detainment and the inhumane treatment that refugees are put through when they turn up on borders… Audio
Making New Zealand Home: Fatumata Bah
Each week at this time we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are speaking to Fatumata Bah whose family is from from Sierra… Audio
World champion's journey sparked by dad's stroke
Paris Baker only wanted to go to the mall. But her father's illness changed not only his life, but hers as well. Now the 21 year-old Tongan-New Zealander is a world bowls champion Audio
World champion's journey sparked by dad's stroke
Paris Baker only wanted to go to the mall. But her father's illness changed not only his life, but hers as well. Now the 21 year-old Tongan-New Zealander is a world bowls champion
AudioThe Wall production: telling migrant stories on stage
Director Daniel Fernandez joins Wallace in the studio to talk about his upcoming production in the Auckland Fringe Festival, The Wall. Audio
Coronavirus: Chinese students fear visa issues over travel ban complications
Chinese students are worried their visas will be cancelled if they are unable to fly to New Zealand before their term starts.
Wuhan evacuees headed back to New Zealand
Evacuees from Wuhan are now on their way back to New Zealand. The Air New Zealand plane left Wuhan just before seven this morning.
The flight will arrive at at Auckland Airport at about six thirty… Audio
New Zealanders stranded in Wuhan describe ordeal of leaving
It was touch and go for some New Zealanders in Wuhan trying to get through security checks and get last-minute permits to board the evacuation flight home overnight.
Lily Gao, who RNZ been following… Audio
