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The Prime Minister has returned from the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa, where leaders declared the Pacific faces severe challenges from natural disasters.
New Zealand is contributing $20 million help the Pacific boost its climate resistance but this comes amid criticism of what are being called backward-looking policies at home.
Listen to Christopher Luxon live on Morning Report from about 7.50am.
Analysis - It took three months to reverse a 'light touch' approach that saw some buy jobs for up to $50,000.
A 'crack team' has been set up to work on bringing down spiralling wait times for work visas, the Immigration minister says.
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford is changing the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa, including removing people's ability to extend it.
Erica Stanford says the changes taken to Cabinet in the next couple of weeks will be followed by a larger review.
A $35 million upgrade to immigration identity systems has been deferred until after the busy summer period - despite officials' own advice about the risks of doing so.
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