NZ. Kicking out the migrants...

[Keith the Pom]

I'm not at all familiar with the greenie [and/or red] thingies - I'll need to check out what these are all about. But .. er .. thanks anyway .. I guess?!

Although I've been on this board for a while now, I must admit that I don't visit KB that often. Perhaps I shall from now on, as there's clearly some lively debates going on here.

I guess Islam is out of the question then, eh? ..

[Grahameeboy]

Sounds like an odd decision since the Son can sponsor his Father.

My folks got a residence visa simply on the back of me as a NZ Citizen and they are late 60's / 70's so there must be more to this story.

[dickytoo]

I'm not at all familiar with the greenie [and/or red] thingies - I'll need to check out what these are all about. But .. er .. thanks anyway .. I guess?!

Although I've been on this board for a while now, I must admit that I don't visit KB that often. Perhaps I shall from now on, as there's clearly some lively debates going on here.

I guess Islam is out of the question then, eh? ..

green is good, red is bad (usually)

that's another can of worms we definitely don't want to get into!

[dickytoo]

Sounds like an odd decision since the Son can sponsor his Father.

My folks got a residence visa simply on the back of me as a NZ Citizen and they are late 60's / 70's so there must be more to this story.

i also managed to get my parents over. they're in their 70's as well. most of the family is here now anyway. it took nearly two years to process their paperwork though. they love it here.

[Finn]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with "good" immigrants. We need lots of them. Hell, if it wasn't for the Asians alone, we'd probably all be living in grass huts by now.

[dickytoo]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with "good" immigrants. We need lots of them. Hell, if it wasn't for the Asians alone, we'd probably all be living in grass huts by now.

aw shucks, we loves you too finn!

[Bikernereid]

apart from them you are all bloody immigrants!! Love each other man.

aw shucks, we loves you too finn!

[Finn]

apart from them you are all bloody immigrants!!

So are they.

[Bikernereid]

You're all bloody screwed then!!

So are they.

[Bikernereid]

Islam is never out of the question just be prepared for some extremly strong opinions and I include my own in there.

As long as people respect each others opinion it shouldn't be a problem but sometimes people get rather heated and can be very derogatory.

I'm not at all familiar with the greenie [and/or red] thingies - I'll need to check out what these are all about. But .. er .. thanks anyway .. I guess?!

Although I've been on this board for a while now, I must admit that I don't visit KB that often. Perhaps I shall from now on, as there's clearly some lively debates going on here.

I guess Islam is out of the question then, eh? ..

[martybabe]

Islam is never out of the question just be prepared for some extremely strong opinions and I include my own in there.

As long as people respect each others opinion it shouldn't be a problem but sometimes people get rather heated and can be very derogatory.

As a pom enjoying the hospitality of kiwi land I wanna tell you u.k. ites that the right to free speech is alive and well in NZ,comparitivly.

You can actually say what you think,witness this thread,without fear of being beaten up burned at the stake or arrested by the thought police.

Of course if you say something controversial enough some one will slap you upside your head but you are at least allowed to express an opinion on touchy subjects like immigration without automatically being labeled a racist bigot and I for one applaud the Kiwis for that.

[Swoop]

Immigration u-turn grants centenarian's wish
1:05PM Thursday February 14, 2008
By Cullen Smith

One centenarian arrives, another gets kicked out

A 101-year-old widower will live out his twilight years with his only living relative in New Zealand after immigration officials reversed a decision to send him back to England.

The widower, a retired research chemist who has been living with his English-born New Zealand-resident son since 2006, was refused residency on a technicality - his son hadn't lived here for the required minimum 184 days in each of the three years before his application was made.

In his application for residency, the centenarian told immigration officials he no longer wished to live alone in Britain and his 63-year-old son thought the sensible and responsible option was for him to come to live with him and his wife.

The 101-year-old arrived on a visitor's permit in July 2006. It expired in April 2007, but he didn't renew it because he believed he wasn't required to while his residence application was being determined.

In his appeal to the independent Residence Review Board (RRB), the man said he had "adequate financial resources" to support himself and met Immigration New Zealand (INZ) health requirements.

Despite the man's savings of some $363,000 and receiving an annual pension of almost $83,000, the RRB confirmed INZ's decision to decline the man's application saying there were no special circumstances.

"Overall, the appellant's age, his financial resources, the fact that his son lives in New Zealand and the fact the appellant has no family in Great Britain do not make him special," the RRB said.

"There is no evidence that the appellant could not have continued to live in Great Britain alone and without his son, as he had done for many years."

But immigration officials softened their hardline stance after intervention from Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove, who asked them to take another look at the man's case.

An INZ spokeswoman confirmed to NZPA today the man would be allowed to stay.

The spokeswoman told NZPA where cases do not meet policy requirements, there was provision for the individual merits of the case to be looked at, "and in this case residency was granted".

"It is important to note that no two cases are exactly the same and where discretion is used it is based on the specific circumstances of that case," she said.

New Zealand welcomed another centenarian immigrant yesterday when 102-year-old Briton Eric King-Turner arrived in Wellington aboard the Saga Rose cruise ship.

Mr King-Turner, New Zealand's oldest immigrant, moved halfway across the world with his New Zealand-born wife of more than 12 years, Doris, 89. They are believed to be settling in Nelson, where Mrs King-Turner is understood to own a house.

[Animal]

Yet we let in fat, useless Somalians with aids.

You've seen a fat Somalian? All the bloody Somalians I've seen look like shit-coated toothpicks! And how many more fuckin' taxi drivers does NZ really need?

[Bikernereid]

I am not doubting you but some of my Kiwi friends have a very different opinion about freedom of speech in NZ.

As a pom enjoying the hospitality of kiwi land I wanna tell you u.k. ites that the right to free speech is alive and well in NZ,comparitivly.

You can actually say what you think,witness this thread,without fear of being beaten up burned at the stake or arrested by the thought police.

Of course if you say something controversial enough some one will slap you upside your head but you are at least allowed to express an opinion on touchy subjects like immigration without automatically being labeled a racist bigot and I for one applaud the Kiwis for that.

[martybabe]

I am not doubting you but some of my Kiwi friends have a very different opinion about freedom of speech in NZ.

Yip, I did say comparatively, In my experience ,if you ask a kiwi what they think about a delicate/controversial subject they seem far less afraid to tell you exactly what they think.Whereas your average working class Brit will be far more guarded in his/her opinions on,for example,imigration, until confident their not in the company of the politically correct gestapoesque lynch mob.

All I'm saying is the kiwis I've met generally tell it how they see it.not so different with the Brits till you get to subjects like Islam.It's like walking on broken glass with sunburnt feet.