Stories by Lucy Xia

Watercare is set to begin work today on laying a bypass pipe to reduce wastewater overflow caused by a broken pipe in Auckland's Parnell last week, but meanwhile wastewater continues to flow into the… Audio

移民局表示目前调查的主要精力依旧集中在受骗的印度、孟加拉国移民工人身上，暂时没有计划将帮扶活动扩大到更多受害群体中。

A full-day job matching event took place in South Auckland to help a large group of South Asian migrants scammed out of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand.

The Whakaari / White Island trial is now down to one defendant - the rest have either been found guilty or had their charges dismissed. Audio

10名被骗取数万纽元用于签证的移民在边境被拦截并被劝返，另外，近200名海外工人被移民局告知不要来新西兰。

Ten migrants have been stopped at the border and 193 others have been told not to travel to New Zealand.

One of the owners of Whakaari / White Island said that whether their company owed a duty to the victims of the eruption in 2019 was a "hard question to answer".

The mother of a West Auckland toddler who went missing, prompting hundreds to go out searching for her, says reuniting with her daughter was an emotional time.

A charity accused of threatening to withdraw help from exploited migrants if they spoke to media says the incident was a misunderstanding caused by a staff member.

The inquiry chair described Marylands School, run by the Order of St John of God, as a place of "sexual, physical and spiritual violence".

社会发展部就此情况对涉事华人公益机构表示高度关注。

An Auckland-based charity helping exploited Chinese migrant workers is alleged to have threatened to withdraw help if they spoke to media. Audio

相关人士呼吁政府暂停AEWV类别（认证雇主）签证并妥善安排受影响工人，移民部长称对正在进行的调查感到满意。

A prominent volcanologist giving evidence at the Whakaari White Island trial on Monday said the tour groups to Whakaari were a "societal risk" given the probability of groups being affected by an…

Immigration advocates want a pause in the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme and hope it will be ultimately scrapped, after hundreds of migrant workers were left jobless soon after arriving.

移民局收到的694份投诉中，一半发生在奥克兰。移民工人生存境遇堪忧。

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