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95bFM Audio: Renee Mundy talks to Mikey about the three attempted terror attacks in the UK over the weekend, new PM Gordon Brown's response and the Glastonbury music festival. More >>
The Department of Internal Affairs says fraudsters will get caught, even if the offence happened 22 years ago. A Wellington man has been convicted and sentenced to 300 hours community service for taking the name of a dead baby in 1985 in order to apply for ... More >>
"New Zealand has taken a major step forward towards securing our global trade with the signing of a world first arrangement between New Zealand Customs and the United States in Brussels," says Customs Minister Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Jon Stephenson Photo-Essay: For the past month the Lebanese Army has bee shelling Fatah Al Islam insurgents who have infiltrated Nahr Al Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon. The fighting has caused an estimated 20,000 Palestinian refugees to flee ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Scoop's Selwyn Manning about New Zealand's defence contributions to overseas wars and conflict, and how New Zealand ought to be debating the pros and cons of our involvement in such theatres around the world. More >>
I great you in the sacred languages of the Pacific: Kia ora, Talofa lava, Taloha ni, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Ni sa bula vinaka, Kia orana, Ia Orana, Talofa, Kam na mauri, Yokwe, Gud de tru olgeta. More >>
Today, during the second day of a three-day peaceful protest in the Palestinian refugee camp of Badaoui in solidarity with Palestinian refugees from Nahr el Bared, the Lebanese Army opened fire on the protestors in Badawi refugee camp, killing two people and ... More >>
Joseph Barratt reports: Racism is an even more powerful force today than it was in the days of the civil rights movement says Angela Davis an iconic American civil rights activist and professor. More >>
The Immigration Minister needs to front up and explain why his policies on immigration identity fraud are failing, says National's Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. "David Cunliffe keeps harping back to the 1990's and disregarding the significant ... More >>
National should be hiding in shame instead of criticising the Labour-led government's record on pursuing immigration fraud cases, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Exclusive To Scoop: The Perils Of International Military Assistance - Security analyst Paul Buchanan writes that New Zealand's politicians and its public ought to debate the merits or otherwise of international military assistance. More >>
New Zealand First Associate Immigration spokesperson Peter Brown says the Immigration Minister needs to stop hiding behind impotent immigration laws and start acting on behalf of the victims of crime-committing immigrants. More >>
Scoop Audio: Scoop's Kevin List on Radio Active delivers his weekly New Zealand news roundup. Items discussed: What's all this about new Anti-Terror laws then? Are you going to be arrested for wearing your Chairman Mao t-shirt? Also, restrictions to ... More >>
The Immigration Minister is diving for cover instead of answering serious questions about New Zealand's border security, says National's Immigration spokesman Dr Lockwood Smith. More >>
Security & Foreign Affairs: New Zealand High Court considerations on who or what will be designated a terrorist or a terrorist group will be by-passed under a new law proposed by the Labour-led Government - Joseph Barratt reports. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Professor Rami Zurayk from American University of Beirut about the latest on Lebanese politics and what is happening to the Palestinian refugees caught between Fatah Al Islam insurgents and the Lebanese Army. More >>
A critical report on immigration identity fraud shows the Department of Labour is failing to get even the basics right, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. “The Auditor-General’s report makes 15 recommendations to the ... More >>
The Labour-led government does not accept immigration fraud, Immigration Minister David Cunliffe says in welcoming the report of the Office of the Auditor-General on migrant identity fraud. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Prime Minister, Helen Clark, about cross-country skiing; Securities Commission and whether Sir Michael Fay ought to be stripped of his knighthood; political poll wobbles; Afghanistan and refugees. More >>
'New Zealand's skills shortage is a fallacy and almost 40% of immigrants are low skilled,' says Maori Party Co-Leader Tariana Turia. Turia shot holes in Labour's immigration policy which is currently being overhauled. Earlier this year she was ... More >>
From 1 July, all immigration applications from Croatian nationals will be processed through Immigration New Zealand's London office. Applicants will benefit from faster processing of applications and more certainty around application processing times. More >>
Thank you for inviting me to your national day celebrations tonight here in the Croatian heartland of West Auckland. I bring you the greetings of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Helen Clark, and the Minister of Ethnic Affairs, Hon Chris Carter. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman and Scoop's Selwyn Manning discuss the latest report on Scoop by Sophie McNeill who details how Lebanon's army has been victimizing those fleeing the shelling of Nah El Bared refugee camp. More >>
Text & Video: SBS' Sophie McNeill writes: As Lebanon unites behind its army, ordinary Palestinian civilians are left paying the price. 22/6/2007 NORTH LEBANON - As Mohammad trudged towards the Lebanese army checkpoint on the outskirts of the Nahr El Bared ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to with Brad Johnston who is a former All Black and owns a resort in Fiji. He says New Zealand should stay out of Fiji politics. More >>
Manukau Institute of Technology’s School of English, which teaches up to 40 refugees each semester, sees how challenging fitting into a new society while recovering from severe trauma can be for newcomers to New Zealand, according to head of school, Sue ... More >>
New Zealand residents departed on 171,300 short-term trips in May 2007, up 23,400 (16 percent) on the 147,900 departures in May 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Radio Adelaide Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: How the government has moved to regulate loan sharks and fringe lenders. Also discussed: the ongoing diplomatic stoush between Fiji and New Zealand. More >>
Taloha ni, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Ni sa bula vinaka, Namaste, Kia orana koutou katoatoa, Ia Orana, Gud de tru olgeta, Talofa, Kia ora tatau and Warm Pacific Greetings to you all this evening. Thank you Peter for your kind introduction. ... More >>
One wonders if the same derisory labels will be applied to the Governor of the Reserve Bank as those often hurled at New Zealand First when we both make the same observation – that immigration is fuelling housing inflation in Auckland and beyond, says New ... More >>
Mikey Havoc talks to the Prime Minister about Fiji, the Dalai Lama's visit and why she can't meet with him and Bill English's comment that she should have gone to Liam Ashley's funeral. More >>
When does a person who has had to leave their home country stop feeling like a refugee? ESOL Home Tutors chief executive Claire Szabo Larsen says it depends on the situation, but making friends in their new community eases the resettlement process for both ... More >>
The ongoing fallout from the expulsion of New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, Michael Green dominated todays' post-cabinet press conference. More >>
KiwiFM: Wallace Chapman and Scoop's Selwyn Manning discuss the consequences of Fiji having expelled New Zealand's high commissioner, Michael Green, from his diplomatic post. With Fiji becoming more isolationist, will regional policing suffer? More >>
Ships visiting New Zealand now have to meet tougher new international quarantine controls. More >>
E'e ta'ia le paia lasilasi i le fa'atäfafä o le maota. Susuga i le Aufaigaluega a le Atua Afioga i Tamali'i ma failauga, Faletua ma Tausi, Tama'ita'i ma Sa'oao mai atumotu o le Pasifika. Fa'amälö le soifua lelei. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Prime Minister Helen Clark on Fiji's military head and interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama having expelled New Zealand's high commissioner, Michael Green, from his diplomatic post. Fiji is now a rogue state, ... More >>
Thanks for the opportunity to say a few words as we recognise World Refugee Day, which we're celebrating a few days early here in Christchurch. New Zealand's response to the needs of refugees reminds us that we have the capacity for goodness and kindness ... More >>
Exclusive Report & Photo-Essay: Heavy fighting continues unabated for the fourth week between the Lebanese army and the radical Islamist group Fateh al Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared in North Lebanon. The Lebanese army is ... More >>
A Korean man who was at the centre of a kidnapping allegation yesterday was served with a removal order by the Immigration Service this afternoon. More >>
The Human Rights Commission has launched a refugee focused newsletter in time for World Refugee Day on June 20. The theme for the Day in New Zealand and Australia this year is Voices of Young Refugees. More >>
New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown says he's appalled that the ongoing Ahmed Zaoui case has so far cost New Zealanders almost $3 million with no end in sight to the four year old saga. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Kyle Chapman (former national front leader) who is running for Christchurch mayor. Why has he broken away from his former race-orientated, anti-immigration cronies? More >>
On Friday 15 June, superannuitants receiving KiwiSaver-like pensions from overseas, angry at their reduced NZ Super payout, will commemorate the second annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by protesting outside WINZ service centres across the country. More >>
AUT's Bharat Jamnadas reports: A seminar to discuss the situation in Fiji since the December 2005 coup, held at the Victoria University in Wellington last Friday has called on the New Zealand Government to initiate more dialogue with the Interim Government ... More >>
95bFM Audio: Selwyn Manning & Paul Deady discuss how the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has given a hearing date where the validity of a security risk certificate issued by the SIS against refugee Ahmed Zaoui will be reviewed. SIS info will be ... More >>
Radio Adelaide: Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: 20 years since the passing of Nuclear Free legislation. Also, the inspector general of intelligence and security has named hearing dates for Ahmed Zaoui. More >>
Immigration: Zaoui Review Dates Finalised; Politics: Bad Behaving MPs Get Rocket From Do-gooder Colleagues; Prisoner Transport: Ombudsmen reveal Corrections' incompetence; Electricity: No Charges In Muliaga Case; Justice: National Finger Cullen As Prime ... More >>
Dates have been finalised for evidence by Mr Zaoui and witnesses whom he wishes to call in the Security Certificate review hearing. The hearing will be in Auckland between 9 July and 10 August with a break in the middle. There may be some issues ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Professor Rami Zurayk talks to Wallace Chapman from Beirut about the bombing of the Jiyyeh power plant by Israel, and the resulting ongoing devastation. More >>
I am delighted to join you here at this, the first National Pacific Community Safety and Crime Prevention Fono. More >>
The Press Council has upheld complaints that Deborah Coddington's article Asian Angst. Jose Barbossa talks to Charles Mabbett from the Asia:NZ Foundation, AND, the writer of the North & South article, Deborah Coddington. More >>
Tze Ming Mok: 'Officially discredited award-winning journalist Deborah Coddington, said of her officially discredited and racist article 'Asian Angst', after reading the Press Council ruling "I can only conclude that I was correct all along." More >>
The Immigration service is yet to find 40 Zimbabwean nationals who are now overstaying after not having applied for residence during a special HIV/AIDS residency amnesty period, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
As it scrambles worldwide for raw materials to fuel its rapidly growing economy, China is increasingly finding itself in the same hunting grounds with Taiwan, its breakaway province, with both economies offering countries resorting to offering ... More >>
As the leaders of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in Germany hammered the final communiqué on climate change, half a world away, in the small Pacific island country of Tuvalu, Sialafaga Talua, a born and bred islander pondered her shaky future on the islands, ... More >>
During his recent lecture tour in the Northeastern US and Quebec, Narco News publisher Al Giordano saw many of the same changes imposed on the peoples and land of those regions that he has reported for the last decade from Mexico. More >>
The Criminal Justice Reform Bill has been given a thumbs-up by a Select Committee majority and will now proceed to a second reading. Among other things, the Bill proposes a new Sentencing Council to devise guidelines for judges when sentencing offenders. ... More >>
Government changes to migration policy have been welcomed by the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce. “Insufficient investment and skill shortages are two of the main things currently holding New Zealand back. The policy changes will go some way ... More >>
Labour’s announcement yesterday of special exemptions and fast-track immigration for wealthy businesspeople is in stark contrast to its vicious oppression of ordinary refugees and asylum seekers. More >>
The switch to a more proactive immigration policy to recruit skills from offshore is badly needed and welcomed. “Almost all businesses in Auckland have a skill shortage of some kind and we could probably do with around 40,000 skilled migrants immediately,” ... More >>
The Labour Government is finally taking steps to clean up its bungled Active Investor Migration policy, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. More >>
Changes in immigration rules aimed at attracting more skills and capital are welcome, says Business NZ. Productivity specialist Nicholas Green says the changes show the Government has been listening to concerns expressed by Business NZ member companies. More >>
It is important that the New Zealand Residence Programme focuses on the quality of migrants and be set at a level in balance with economic conditions, Immigration Minister David Cunliffe says. "New Zealand's immigration programme targets skills and productivity ... More >>
New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown has welcomed the announcement of a "fine-tuning" of the Skilled Migrant Category, but says that the acceptance of 47,000 immigrants a year is still too many. More >>
New Zealand will be better placed to attract serious investor migrants under the Labour-led government's new Active Investor Migrant policy, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
The flagship Skilled Migrant Category has been fine-tuned to deliver more for the country while still ensuring quality, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
The story is told of an unreasonable politician whose disgruntled speechwriter was about to retire. At the opening of a carefully scripted major speech, the politician proclaimed how, in his following remarks, he would solve the budget deficit, the ... More >>
Figures revealing that nearly 40 percent of those detained under the Immigration Act are held as a result of their deliberate obstruction of the removal process show that the current deportation laws are ineffective and border on farcical, says New ... More >>
The Government is to fund, from July, qualified overseas trained doctors to complete their medical registration in New Zealand, Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor announced today. More >>
Scoop News: Philippines trade unionist and human rights activist Dennis Maga has applied to remain in New Zealand for another month while he and his supporters seek assurances he will not face arrest nor death on his return home. More >>
West Auckland group Spacifix is the big winner at the Pacific Music Awards announced in Auckland tonight (May 31). Highlight of the evening for the nine-member group is a coveted Tui for the Niu FM Best Pacific Music Album for “Much Love”, Spacifix’ ... More >>
Scoop News: Dennis Maga a Philippines human rights activist claims the Philippines government will arrest him for protesting against his country's president while she attended the InterFaith Dialogue Forum in Waitangi. Dennis Maga travelled to New ... More >>
In the wake of huge media attention focusing on human rights and religious protests, InterFaith Dialogue delegates have announced their acceptance of a plan of action to reduce faith based conflicts in the Pacific-Asia region. 165 delegates from 15 ... More >>
The United Nations refugee agency today said it was extremely concerned over a violent clash between Bhutanese refugees and Indian police, and expressed its sadness at the death of one Bhutanese and the injury of several others. More >>
Joseph Barratt reports: Proposals for interfaith education have gained momentum at interfaith dialogues at Waitangi. At the current InterFaith Dialogue talks in Waitangi one of the key topics being discussed is religious education - to increase understandings ... More >>
Joseph Barratt reports: Television news over-played its hand this week while claiming the Destiny Church protest had “hijacked” interfaith dialogues in Waitangi. Thousands of Destiny Church followers had marched to Waitangi treaty grounds to protest a National ... More >>
Scoop's FULL COVERAGE of the InterFaith Dialogue Forum taking place at Waitangi, New Zealand - including news reports, raw news, audio and images of this international forum. More >>
Photo-Essay: Philippine President Arroyo has been criticised by human rights groups for not addressing political murders taking place in the Philippines; and the NZ government has been challenged to acknowledge the Christian faith as New Zealand's ... More >>
95bFM 95bFM's Paul Deady and AUT journalism student Joseph Barratt (reporting for Scoop) discuss what has been happening at the Inter-Faith Dialogue Forum held in Waitangi. What meaningful outcomes can be expected to result from this get together? More >>
Audio: Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: How NZ's Destiny Church objected to the Government's position of secularism at the InterFath Dialogues. Also discussed: was Mercury Energy responsible for a south Auckland woman's death? More >>
Thousands of protesters angry at a proposed “secular New Zealand” brand advanced by Prime Minister Helen Clark marched against the interfaith talks at Waitangi on Tuesday. More >>
Scoop News: Joseph Barratt reports that by the time masses of Destiny Church supporters arrived in Waitangi on Tuesday, a smaller but louder group of Human Right activists had already stamped its mark on proceedings by raising concerns about political killings ... More >>
Refugees are a living testimony to how this country has always made a stand on the international stage on matters of humanitarian concern. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Rami Zurayk, Professor at AUB (American University of Beirut) about the latest situation in Lebanon. Including detail on Hizbullah and conditions inside Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to the prime minister Helen Clark about the Iter-Faith dialogue and also whether she feels private spies infiltrating protest groups is acceptable. More >>
Prof. Rami Zurayk writes from Lebanon: The past 48 hours were very eventful in Lebanon... the most important political event was the TV address by Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the Occasion of Liberation Day, which commemorates the Israeli withdrawal ... More >>
Immigration Minister David Cunliffe should do his homework before making half-baked statements about National's use of immigration numbers, says National's Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
A desperate National Party is using rubber numbers with its claim that Kiwis going to Australia are being replaced with Asians, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Kiwis are continuing to leaving New Zealand in droves, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. The Labour Department’s quarterly migration update shows 32,200 New Zealanders left permanently for Australia in the year to March 2007. More >>
Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for its Arts Pasifika Awards 2007, which celebrate excellence in the Pacific arts in New Zealand. Pele Walker, Chair of Creative New Zealand’s Pacific Arts Committee, said the Arts Pasifika Awards ... More >>
The Human Rights Commission is hopeful that the Government will consider a strategic agenda to endorse the New Zealand Action Plan for Human Rights said Joris de Bres, the acting Chief Human Rights Commissioner today. “A great deal of work and consultation ... More >>
Amnesty International's critical report should inspire New Zealand to improve its human rights record, the Green Party says. "The best way that New Zealand can punch above its weight internationally on human rights is by seeking to act jointly with ... More >>
Remarks at the Innocents at Risk Gala Dinner on Human Trafficking Paula Dobriansky , Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs More >>
Police have asked the Auckland Crown Solicitor to start the process to lay charges of bribery against Taito Phillip Field, M.P. More >>
Prof. Rami Zurayk Writes From Lebanon: Palestinian civilians from the Nahr el Bared camp in North Lebanon are paying the price of years of sectarian buildup between the Lebanese Government and the Opposition. The Lebanese army and a small radical ... More >>
The author of the acclaimed international best-seller “The Kite Runner” has praised the United Nations refugee agency in his new novel, calling his work as a Goodwill Envoy one of the most rewarding and momentous experiences of his life. More >>
New Zealand First wants the Housing Minister to explain why immigrants are being allocated State houses ahead of New Zealand citizens. More >>
A programme which helps refugees learn New Zealand’s road rules and gain driver’s licences has won top prize in the community category of this year’s Road Safety Innovation and Achievement Awards. More >>
The case of Luis Posada Carriles is a prime example of the tentacle-like reach of Miami’s exile community into both the Washington foreign policy establishment and the U.S. judicial system. What is so instructive about the Posada case is how little ... More >>
Scoop Investigation: Selwyn Manning writes that the NZ & Australian governments have suffered a set-back in moves to have the UN ban Fiji from deploying soldiers to peacekeeping operations. In response to Scoop's questions the United Nations secretary general's ... More >>
Permanent and long-term (PLT) arrivals exceeded departures by 11,200 in the April 2007 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. While this is above the net gain of 10,100 in the April 2006 year, annual net PLT migration has eased since reaching ... More >>
The first-ever event based on true Punjabi culture and heritage "Miss NZ Punjaban 2007" organized at Telstra Clear Pacific event Centre, Manukau, New Zealand on 19th May 2007. More >>
Hear Dennis Maga Unionist & Human Rights Activist; Marxism 2007 Workers Party Conference;Protest: Stop the Hostage Detentions at Mt Eden Prison! More >>
Whistleblower and former CIA financial contractor Harmon Wilfred has filed an unprecedented claim for political asylum in New Zealand on May 11, 2007 to accompany his Human Rights Complaint against the United States, presented on April 12, 2007 to the UN ... More >>
The United Nations refugee agency is running a provocative international advertising campaign that employs shock tactics to raise awareness about its work and drum up public support for those who have been forced to flee their homes. More >>
Manukau city will be represented at the funeral of Samoa’s Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili II on Friday. A delegation including Mayor of Manukau Sir Barry Curtis, Cr Sua William Sio, and Kaumatua Haare Williams will attend the funeral on behalf ... More >>
Andreas von Warburg writes: The Cuban government is tightening its ties with the Pacific Rim. After establishing closer diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands earlier last month, Cuba has now offered to assist Fiji in developing new programs ... More >>
Su'a William Sio - Tribute to Malietoa: "I pay my respects to all the sacred meeting grounds of Samoa & the Pacific who mourn the death of a Head of State, a Paramount Chief, a father, a leader, even a King of Samoa." More >>
Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads: New Research on Population, Migration and Community Dynamics, National Library, Wellington More >>
Waitakere City has become the first Council in the country to place the full text of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in its Council building, acknowledging the importance of human rights. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman and Scoop's Selwyn Manning discuss Jose Ramos Horta winning the Timor Leste presidential elections by a landslide 69 percent of the vote. Will Australia and New Zealand work with Horta to ensure Timor progresses? More >>
“How much more taxpayer money will David Cunliffe waste on a website that, by his own admission, is grossly underperforming?” asks National Party Associate Immigration spokeswoman Pansy Wong. More >>
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued a series of recommendations to help integrate refugees in Europe with the aim of enabling them to become productive members of society whether they stay or return home. More >>
Yasmine Ryan writes from Lebanon: As Lebanon heads down the fast track to trade liberalisation, some commentators, including UK-based charity Oxfam, are predicting a devastating impact on small-holder farmers. Unable even to sell produce on the Lebanese market ... More >>
Yasmine Ryan writes from Beirut: Ibrahim Akeel has an axe hanging over his neck. Along with his fellow farmers in the southern Lebanese village known as Sinai, the elderly man has little control over his fate and that of his children. More >>
Class Action Lawsuit Filed For May Day Rally The National Lawyers Guild, along with attorneys from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles yesterday on behalf ... More >>
One of the biggest citizenship ceremonies of recent times will take place in Manukau on Thursday, 10 May 2007 evening at 6.30. At the ceremony at Sir Woolf Fisher Arena at the TelstraClear Pacific Centre, Great South Road, 1020 new citizens will be welcomed. ... More >>
95bFM Audio: Paul Deady and Scoop's Selwyn Manning background the Timor Leste presidential elections and what this all means for Timor's people, New Zealand, Australia and the region. More >>
Immediate measures are required to address ongoing labour shortages faced by businesses according to the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce. More >>
Migration can be a liberating experience for women or it can lead to more traditional female roles, but either way, theirs is a different experience from that of their male partners. The coordinator of AUT’s Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research, ... More >>
New Zealand agricultural trainees are desperately being sought for international AgriVenture programmes in the United Kingdom. The UK AgriVenture office currently has a large number of host families crying out for trainees from June and July. More >>
Audio: Scoop's Kevin List on Radio Active delivers his weekly New Zealand news roundup. Item discussed today: Why Australia's tax system is worse than New Zealand's; and the Human Rights Film Festival... More >>
A research study being launched today offers a valuable insight into the attitudes of Auckland’s Asian communities towards the arts in New Zealand. The qualitative research study, Asian Aucklanders and the Arts, was jointly commissioned by Auckland ... More >>
The eight chapter of an unique experiment, the Migrant Expo makes available all the information and a host of products and services required for migrants, refugees and international students. More >>
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the gap between the average after-tax incomes of working Australians and New Zealanders is set to widen further after Michael Cullen delivers his Budget later this month. More >>
Two high-ranking Los Angeles Police Department commanders were reassigned Monday for their role in overseeing the violent police response to last week's MacArthur Park immigration rally. More >>
Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning and KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman discuss government's Births Deaths Register Bill does not now have the numbers to pass; How US/NZ relations are getting cosier; Loan Shark Report update; and French voted vote right. More >>
"The plans announced by the Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews as reported in the press overnight, give the impression of another 'Golden Shekels' attempt to not just block any entry into Australia of asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia ... More >>
The Amnesty International nation-wide tour, featuring a Chinese 'Lion Declaration', continues its launch of the 'Human Rights Reform in China' global campaign to halt appalling human rights violations occurring on a massive scale in China. Recent events ... More >>
Taloha ni, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Ni sa bula vinaka, Namaste, Kia orana koutou katoatoa, Ia Orana, Gud de tru olgeta, Talofa, Kia ora tatau and Warm Pacific Greetings to you all this morning. More >>
Officers in riot gear from the Los Angeles Police Department fired rubber bullets and used tear gas to disperse a "crowd of hundreds" gathered at a local park for a previously peaceful May Day immigration rally tonight. More >>
The representative body for immigration advisers has welcomed a law designed to regulate the industry. Parliament last night passed legislation requiring immigration agents to operate under licence or face a fine of up to $100,000 and/or seven years in gaol. More >>
The days of shady immigration agents ripping off unsuspecting migrants with impunity are over, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
The immigration advisers industry is holding its breath to see if Labour will stick to its pledge that their fees for registration will be significantly less than the indicative $1,000-$2,000 suggested during the passage of the bill, says National's ... More >>
New Zealand is giving $1 million to United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, which is feeding, housing and protecting a rising number of Iraqi refugees, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. More >>
A new initiative to meet labour supply needs for horticulture and viticulture has been launched by Social Development and Employment Minister David Benson-Pope and Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
A couple of people asked me at Saturday night's wedding party whether I was really going for the job of editing Metro. Y'know, like it said in the paper that I was. I'm not, and have never even discussed the prospect with anyone. A certain diarist ... More >>
A small group of human rights activists will gather outside Mt Eden Prison from 1pm to 2pm this afternoon to protest the detainment of Ali Reza Panah. More >>
WelTec student, Mayumi Toge, is finding ways to support international students in New Zealand More >>
North Shore City Council is opening doors to make the city a top-of-mind destination for international students. More >>
Groups working to help new migrants and refugees settle in to life in New Zealand have gained extra financial support for their work. More >>
RadioLive Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning & RadioLive's Wallace Chapman discuss: Why ANZAC Day is now so significant to so many people young and old. Also, Niue's a tiny island in the Pacific but it has ambition. What's happening there? More >>
Threats of terrorism and twelve million “illegal” immigrants are being used to justify new police-state measures in the United States. Coordinated mass arrests, big brother spy blimps, expanded detention centers, repeal of the Posse Comitatus ... More >>
Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Sarah Tomlinson discuss: ANZAC Day, remembrance, and how thousands have turned out at dawn services around NZ. Also discussed was Scoop's new very cool re-design, and also our big story on loan sharks targeting ... More >>
Photo-Essay: ANZAC Day dawned here in NZ with thousands of people gathering at commemorations in cities, provincial towns, and rural centres. Dawn services like this morning's at the Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph herald remembrance ceremonies here, in Australia, ... More >>
Department of Labour research shows that despite the percentage of migrants relying on benefits dropping, an increasing proportion are going on DPB or sickness benefits. More >>
The Pacific Island Advisory Committee (PIAC) has elected Tongan community representative Dr ‘Etuate Saafi to be its Chairperson for the next 12 months. The Cook Islands community representative Mrs Tupou Manapori, who previously held the position, was ... More >>
A strong economy and changes to immigration policy have led to a big fall in the number of recent migrants needing support, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Ministry of Consumer Affairs has written to Scoop stating that while its report into loan sharks exploiting communities in south Auckland will not be released as planned at the end of April, it has not been shelved. More >>
Chair of the Tongan Advisory Council Melina Maka today expressed concern at a lack of detail about how the new Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme will ensure a fair deal for both New Zealand employers and Pacific workers. While the intention ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: A major government commissioned report examining loan-sharks preying on needy Pacific Islands families has been shelved. KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman and Scoop's Selwyn Manning discuss this issue. More >>
State Of It: A long-awaited Government commissioned report that examined loan-sharks and lending shysters who prey on low socio-economic communities has been put on hold - almost on the eve of it being publicly launched by two Labour ministers. More >>
The March 2007 edition of "Investigate" magazine carried a lengthy article by Ian Wishart which claimed that the New Zealand Muslim community is being infected by "Islamic extremism". More >>
US Wrestles With Iraq Refugee Issue By William Fisher t r u t h o u t | Report From: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041607J.shtml Monday 16 April 2007 More >>
Construction workers who do not speak English as a first language are going to face tough challenges when it comes to meeting the licensing requirements under the new Building Act, according to director of Manukau Institute of Technology’s Department ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning & KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman discuss how Niue and New Zealand want the 20,000+ Ex-Pat Niueans to reconnect with their island and its 1600 people. What's it like on Niue, and can people visit as tourists? Yes! More >>
New Zealanders in London when the Rainbow Warrior was sunk may know something of what Ahmed Zaoui felt after the bombings in Algiers this week, that left over 30 people dead. Suddenly, the television screen carries images of home, but in a truly ... More >>
Audio & Text Report: The Premiere of Niue has invited all Niueans living in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney to consider returning home. He encouraged them to do so, before family land they abandoned over the past 30 years is lost to them. The call came ... More >>
Pacific Island Affairs Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the drop in unemployment for Pacific Island people. More >>
Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomed the release on bail of Thomas Yadegary, an Iranian who has been held for nearly two and half years without charge in Mt Eden jail, since being arrested on 1 November 2004. More >>
GPJA is delighted for Thomas Yadegary that he has been released from Mt Eden prison at lunchtime today after almost two and a half years of detention without trial. Thomas was released after a High Court decision was made late yesterday which resulted ... More >>
Somalia-born Mohamud Mohamed has overcome a lack of schooling and English language to complete a Bachelor of Social Work at Massey’s Wellington campus. More >>
The Business Team launches a new product - Be Your Own Boss - aimed at helping new immigrants successfully compete in the mainstream commercial arena. Managing Director Kim Francis says more needs to be done to ensure the great quantity of international ... More >>
The New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment (NZAMI) has described as “ steps in the right direction” government moves to extend the time allowed for some skilled migrants to find jobs. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell has described the Government’s action in taking up the financial veto procedure in a debate on the Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill last evening, as a strategy of desperation, likened to a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card. More >>
Migration consultants are concerned their industry would be driven underground if a proposal to impose levies on it becomes part of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill currently before Parliament. More >>
Intending skilled migrants coming to New Zealand under the Work to Residence policy will get more time to find a job, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology today announced investment of almost $13 million in research projects that focus on improving future living standards and work opportunities for New Zealanders. More >>
The death and injuries to the Abbott children has been in part caused by the oppressive immigration restrictions imposed on the disabled by the Government in 2004, according to the spokesperson for Disbabled Liberation Aotearoa, Doug Hay today. More >>
RDU Audio: Kate Gorgeous from RDU Radio in Christchurch talks to Canterbury University's Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies Mike Grimshaw about the upcoming, heavily debated Mosque and Miracles conferences. More >>
Police know that seven Polynesian friends witnessed their friend brutally rape a 20-year-old woman in the early hours of Sunday morning near Courtney Place. More >>
His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, The Honourable Anand Satyanand PCNZM, will officially launch a new book, Pursuing Social Justice in New Zealand: 14 New Zealanders share their stories of communities helping people in ways government ... More >>
Immigration Advisors Licensing Bill Te Ururoa Flavell; Member of Parliament for Waiariki Tuesday 27 March 2007 More >>
Immigration Minister David Cunliffe has cautiously welcomed a further fall in the number of overstayers illegally in New Zealand. More >>
Taloha ni, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Ni sa bula vinaka, Namaste, Kia orana koutou katoatoa, Ia Orana, Gud de tru olgeta, Talofa, Kia ora tatau and warm Pacific greetings to everyone here today. More >>
Immigration Minister David Cunliffe has cautiously welcomed a further fall in the number of overstayers illegally in New Zealand. More >>
Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia Washington, DC March 26, 2007 More >>
Air crew from New Zealand will no longer have to apply for visas to enter China for seven days or less, under an agreement reached between the New Zealand and Chinese governments. More >>
Respecting and Protecting Women’s Rights in Aotearoa and the Pacific; Association for Womens’ Rights in Development, Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific More >>
Scoop FULL COVERAGE of NZ PM Helen Clark's state visit to the United States. Includes audio/video/images and full text coverage of Helen Clark's meetings with Condoleezza Rice and Geore W Bush. More >>
The United Nations independent expert on the rights of migrants today called on UN Member States to ratify the international treaty that seeks to protect the almost 200 million migrant workers around the world against abuse. More >>
The Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill, introduced into Parliament today, is a further attack on our civil liberties, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>
Scoop Video: Significant attention is now focusing on what Australia, NZ the US are planning to take instability out of the Pacific. Scoop today releases footage of Helen Clark and the Bush Admin's Chris Hill talking about FTA, Nukes, and Pacific ... More >>
New Zealand prides itself on human rights, social compassion and political “neutrality”. Moreover, New Zealanders pride themselves on being “peace loving” people. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. These images are a distortion of ... More >>
Research into the barriers faced by migrants entering tertiary study has revealed that Indian students find mainstream integration and understanding what is academically required of them to be the major challenges. More >>
Scoop Video: AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Global Peace and Justice Auckland organised a protest on Saturday as part of an International Day of Action calling for all foreign troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan. The international day of action ... More >>
Establishing free trade between NZ and the USA is a long-held goal of New Zealand govts going back to 1990. But is talk of an FTA with the United States a clever disguise, a red herring masking a more significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy? More >>
I see National's Judith Collins has had another bout of political Tourette's: this time attacking the Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro for her support of the Section 59 bill. Collins issued a statement declaring Kiro to have "lost the plot" and advising ... More >>
During his recent swearing-in of retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell as the second director of national intelligence, President Bush ordered the nation's national security agencies to mount a major push to increase the recruiting of people with the language ... More >>
Massey University researchers are seeking more than 300 south Asian women living in New Zealand to study whether changes in diet and sunshine hours affects their health. More >>
Aotearoa New Zealand is a multicultural society. The Federation believes that the challenge for the future of our country is to formulate a national policy which responds to the cultures of all New Zealanders, while at the same time reflecting the special ... More >>
New Zealand Tourism and the Labour Department are launching a joint marketing campaign in Australia to attract the skills, labour and visitors this country needs, say Immigration Minister David Cunliffe and Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor. More >>
Celebrate the colourful cultural diversity of Christchurch’s community this Saturday (17 March) with music, dance, food and arts and crafts from more than 50 cultures. More >>
"Labour's million-dollar recruitment website for skilled workers is no longer a joke - it has become a farce - and David Cunliffe should stop his dithering and make a decision on its future," says National Party Associate Immigration spokeswoman Pansy ... More >>
New Zealand in the Pacific More >>
If you're going to the Pasifika Festival this weekend and want to avoid early 'festival fatigue', check out Celebrate Pasifika's free Arts Arena. More >>
Shams Al-Chalabi’s job search for her first professional role took a dramatic turn when she was head hunted by a Dubai-based public relations (PR) company. Just one week after two successful phone interviews, conducted in both English and Arabic, ... More >>
"Police investigating the allegations against Taito Phillip Field have today given the file to the Auckland Crown Solicitor for a review of the evidence. Once that review is complete the file will be returned to Police for a decision about any charges ... More >>
Operatic tenor sensation Ben Makisi will be taking the stage at Auckland City Council's Pasifika Festival on Friday, 9 March as one of the lead acts performing at the free ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) opening night concert. More >>
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