They sold us an Indian invasion. Read the visa rules
Alastair McClymont | Immigration Principal, Righteous Law | 20 October 2026 A “butter chicken tsunami”. A “flood of immigrants”. “Colonisation by stealth”. That was the language used to sell New Zealanders a frightening story about the India Free Trade Agreement. Shane Jones supplied the racial caricature. Winston Peters supplied the flood. The Good Oil, hosted […]
The Permanently Temporary Migrant: What New Zealand’s Latest Skilled Migrant Residence Changes tell us about the direction of New Zealand Immigration Policy
In August this year, New Zealand will introduce significant changes to its skilled residence programme, including two new residence pathways: the Skilled Work Experience Pathway and the Trades and Technicians Pathway. The reforms have generally been welcomed within the immigration industry as long-overdue improvements. However, the real significance of these changes lies not in the […]