Student worried about losing time due to New Zealand residence visa processing delays Liu Chen © RNZ / John Gerritsen
A migrant says he feels trapped because he cannot study, work or volunteer due to continued delays in residence visa processing by Immigration New Zealand.
The young man was accepted to the University of Auckland School of Medicine before finishing high school but has to wait for his family s residence visa to come through.
He said the immigration department needed to realise the delays were disrupting people s lives and thereby needed to make changes.
Aucklander Martin came to New Zealand from South Africa with his parents in 2016. His father s five-year work visa allowed his mother a partnership-based work visa and him a student visa.
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Five members of outlaw motorcycle gangs have been arrested after police discovered a suspicious item at a property in Auckland s East Coast Bays on Wednesday morning.
Police were executing a search warrant at an address on Sunrise Avenue in Murrays Bay when they discovered the item, forcing the surrounding roads to be closed off and residents escorted out.
During the operation they found a number of items of interest including a revolver, ammunition and explosives.
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