Refugees And Migrants
The Panel with Stephen Jacobi and Jo McCarroll (Part 2)
Panellists Stephen Jacobi and Jo McCarroll discuss a Barcelona America's Cup, how we choose which refugees to offer asylum, and foraging for wild weeds. Audio
LynnMall attacker was identified as capable of terrorism if travel plans thwarted
Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country.
Why now? Australia's u-turn on the NZ refugee resettlement deal
Nine years after it was first put on the table, Australia has finally accepted New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees from its detention centres. The Detail asks - why now? Audio
Why now? Australia's u-turn on the NZ refugee resettlement deal
Nine years after it was first put on the table, Australia has finally accepted New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees from its detention centres. The Detail asks - why now?
AudioTackling 'isms' and intra-ethnic prejudice
Inter-ethnic prejudice and discrimination were the subjects on the table at a recent online hui attended by a collective of New Zealand creatives and activists. Organisers and participants of the… Audio
Tackling 'isms' and intra-ethnic prejudice
Inter-ethnic prejudice and discrimination were the subjects on the table at a recent online hui attended by a collective of New Zealand creatives and activists. Organisers and participants of the…
AudioUnfriendly fire and plaudits as govt dismantles Covid-19 measures
Week in Politics: The Prime Minister announces a significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions - but she doesn't please everyone - and New Zealand offers non-lethal military aid to Ukraine.
'Politically convenient': Refugees policy changing because voters find it abhorrent - Amnesty
The Australian government has agreed to New Zealand's refugee resettlement offer purely because it is politically expedient, Amnesty says. Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Advocate on NZ taking refugees from Australia
A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here.
New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the… Audio
Behrouz Boochani reacts to NZ taking asylum seekers from Australia
A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here.
New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the… Audio
Māori Party slams ACT Party's proposed referendum on co-governance
The ACT party is calling for a referendum on co-governance.
It says the country is abandoning liberal democracy and replacing it with an "ethno state" where there are two types of people: Tangata… Audio
Amnesty International on Australian detention centres
Amnesty International is a longtime critic of Australia's treatment of refugees.
It has described the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres as abbhorrent and amounting to torture.
New… Audio
Australian backdown ends limbo for refugees
An extraordinary backdown by the Australian Government will see hundreds of refugees loosed from limbo and allowed to resettle in New Zealand.
But the near-decade delay means the breakthrough brings… Audio
Green Party reacts to Australia letting NZ take refugees
In a major u-turn, Australia has accepted a longstanding offer from New Zealand to take refugees from detention centres in the Pacific.
As a result, this country will take 150 refugees a year for… Audio
Amnesty International celebrates deal for NZ to take refugees
Amnesty International NZ's executive director Meg De Ronde told Checkpoint it's a huge relief to have the deal for 450 refugees to come here from detention in Australia and offshore centres.
"Amnesty… Video, Audio
Immigration Minister details Aus asylum seekers deal
New Zealand's helping bail Australia out of a long running controversy over asylum seekers locked up in offshore detention centres.
In 2013 it introduced a policy preventing anyone arriving by boat… Video, Audio
Biden plans first Europe visit since Ukraine invasion as refugees surpass 3m
There is confirmation the US president will meet with NATO leaders next week as the UN announces more than 3 million have now fled Russia's attacks on Ukraine.
Ukrainian in Dunedin welcomes visa scheme for refugees
About 4000 Ukrainians could be offered safe haven in NZ under a special sponsorship scheme that would allow them to live here for two years.
From today so-called sponsors can apply to bring their… Video, Audio
"I've left my homeland" : Ukranian refugee in Poland
Kathryn speaks with Ukrainian journalist, now refugee in Poland Sofia Koczmar-Tymoshenko. She is one of an estimated two million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion, mostly to Poland, Hungary… Audio
