New Zealand aims to bring New Zealanders home
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12:16 23/08/2005
The New Zealand Government is trying to encourage its own expatriate New Zealanders to come home. More than 460,000 New Zealand-born citizens - or 14 per cent of the NZ-born population - live...
New Zealand changes investor immigration scheme
10:15 16/06/2005
Foreign investors wanting to live in New Zealand will have to hand over more than $2 million to the Government under new rules announced 15 June. In other changes to the category, applicants would...
New Zealand to change its Immigration Act
10:50 24/05/2005
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10:09 22/04/2005
On 21 April Statistics New Zealand announced that permanent migrant arrivals fell 64 percent to 10,010 in the 12 months ending March 31 from 27,980 a year earlier, citing unadjusted figures. Just two...
New Zealand reiterates importance of settlement strategy
13:54 07/12/2004
The New Zealand government is set on improving conditions for the increased numbers of immigrants landing on the nation's shores. Speaking at a function earlier this month, Ethnic Affairs Minister...