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Immigration New Zealand to reassess 'hundreds' of partnership visas

13:19 28/01/2014
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is to reassess hundreds of Family Stream visa applications after an investigation into the criteria used by staff to make their decisions. Doubts about the correctness...

New Zealand immigration grants stay of execution for fat chef

14:32 13/09/2013
The New Zealand immigration minister has announced that Albert Buitenuis, a South African chef, will be allowed to stay in the country. This reversed an earlier decision that he should be deported...

Fat chef faces deportation from New Zealand

15:49 31/07/2013
Albert Buitenhuis, a South African chef, faces deportation from New Zealand because he is too fat. Mr Buitenhuis, 50, is five feet eight inches tall (173cm) and weighs 286 pounds ( 20 stone 6 pounds...