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April 6, 2022

Working Holiday Schemes reopening

From Monday 14 March, employers across the country will have access to more workers and the tourism sector will benefit from more visitors with the Working Holiday Schemes (WHS) reopening. Visa applications for all the schemes will reopen in stages, with all uncapped schemes, which account for around three quarters of all working holidaymakers, opening […]

April 6, 2022

New Zealand Eases Border for ICT Tech Workers

In a bid to attract tech talent worldwide, New Zealand is easing its border restrictions for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workers. The government has announced 600 border exceptions for tech workers. Interested workers or businesses can apply for an industry nomination via NZTech or IT Professionals NZ. NZTech, the government-funded marketing arm designed to […]

February 10, 2022

Chris Hipkins replies to National MP question with Spider-Man meme

When National MP Erica Stanford asked Chris Hipkins a question, she probably did not expect him to respond to her with nothing more than an internet meme. That is precisely what Stanford received in response to a written parliamentary question from December when she asked Hipkins a question about allocating MIQ spots for teachers granted […]

February 3, 2022

Hundreds queue overnight for residency visa medicals

People are sleeping on the streets in overnight queues to get their health checks done for the one-off residency visa opening for applications next month. Many clinics that offer the immigration medical assessment are booked out, with one in Auckland CBD turning away a hundred people a day. The New Zealand Government announced the one-off […]

January 31, 2022

Thousands become New Zealand residents under new scheme

About 5000 people have become residents under a fast-track government scheme launched last month, with migrants from India, South Africa, and Philippines topping the approvals. Britons were the next most common nationality – and a UK family-of-four are among those celebrating their permanent status. Michelle Shaw, her husband, Mic, and two children – Scarlett, 14, […]

December 9, 2021

Overseas residence application processing resumes after court ruling

A High Court ruling means 4000 residents who were unable to come to New Zealand because of immigration rules can now travel here. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will also resume making decisions on all offshore residence applications ahead of the border reopening next year. It follows a High Court ruling that Immigration New Zealand was […]

November 21, 2021

Migration at a 10 year low

September migration figures indicate that New Zealand’s population grew by just 653 immigrants. Statistics New Zealand advise this is the lowest September figure since 2011. Comparing 2020 to 2021, in the year to September, there was a net gain of 796 to a net gain of 65,014 in the year to September 2020. New Zealand […]

November 14, 2021

Asian New Zealanders facing racism due to Covid-19 – survey

SOURCE: RNZ NEWS There have been high levels of discrimination and racism experiences among Asian New Zealanders due to Covid-19, according to a survey. Massey University senior lecturer Sally Liu, who lead the research, said just under a quarter (22.7 percent) of the 402 respondents last year noted they had been discriminated against because of […]

November 14, 2021

Government to address immigration ‘quirk’ in new one-off residence visa

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. Some overseas medical staff in hospitals and aged-care facilities are among those whose visa type exclude them being one of next […]

October 8, 2021

Migrants and students feel cheated over residence visa decision

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. Among those also feeling aggrieved are those still working for New Zealand companies from overseas – and with valid visas – but who are excluded from the immigration […]

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June 21, 2022

Tokoroa public toilets win award for ‘best loo’

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June 30, 2022

Outgoing South Waikato mayor proud of district’s progress

June 30, 2022

Speed limit set to increase on Waikato expressway

June 30, 2022

Foreign diplomats visit Hamilton

June 21, 2022

Tokoroa public toilets win award for ‘best loo’

June 17, 2022

New dairy plant to be built in south Waikato by Singapore’s Olam

Education

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June 29, 2022

Global education campaign marks the reopening of New Zealand borders

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June 21, 2022

Dunedin school plans campus beside Lake Te Anau

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February 3, 2022

New school planned for Hamilton’s southwest

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February 1, 2022

Ministry of Education tells principal to apply for emergency MIQ spot for teacher

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January 31, 2022

New Zealand visa processing creating uncertainty

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Immigration

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April 6, 2022

Working Holiday Schemes reopening

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April 6, 2022

New Zealand Eases Border for ICT Tech Workers

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February 10, 2022

Chris Hipkins replies to National MP question with Spider-Man meme

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February 3, 2022

Hundreds queue overnight for residency visa medicals

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January 31, 2022

Thousands become New Zealand residents under new scheme

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Agriculture

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April 6, 2022

Red meat exports continue to rise

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February 10, 2022

Red meat sector achieves record exports during 2021

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February 10, 2022

New Zealand avocado industry adjusts to changing circumstances

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February 10, 2022

New Zealand’s lobster exports rebound

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February 3, 2022

Agricultural sector looking to another profitable year

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Environment

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July 1, 2022

Inter-island ferries receive world-first green loan certification

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June 28, 2022

New carbon credit market offers native tree options

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June 27, 2022

Rotorua businesses offered sustainability support package

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June 20, 2022

Biological controls of invasive weed established in New Zealand

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May 26, 2022

New Zealand survey trip finds Tonga volcano largely intact

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Property

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April 6, 2022

Big capital gains in small towns.

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February 3, 2022

Approval for major development in Hamilton’s south

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February 3, 2022

Government considers rent controls to tackle unaffordable housing

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January 31, 2022

Ordinary New Zealanders bearing brunt of bright-line test – National

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December 7, 2021

Timeline of a housing crisis: Numbers behind NZ’s price surge

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Covid19 Updates

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February 10, 2022

Record 306 new community cases in New Zealand today

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February 3, 2022

Isolation rules as NZ prepares for border reopening

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February 1, 2022

On Thursday the government will announce how NZ will ‘reconnect’ with the rest of the world

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January 31, 2022

South Korea takes new approach as infections reach new high

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January 31, 2022

MIQ working but has tough trade-offs – epidemiologist

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