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Can Immigration NZ deliver on govt's promise?
Immigration adviser David Cooper says the government should apologise for taking so long to make up its mind on migration.
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Ten days to apply for self-isolation pilot
MBIE is still deciding on how it's going to monitor participants.
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New 'one off ' resident visa offers hope to migrants
The government aims to give certainty to 165,000 skilled migrants about residency by the end of 2022.
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$1000 cost for self isolation pilot
45 new cases of covid have been recorded in New Zealand, 33 have known links to existing cases.
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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