Skip to content
BY AVA

Policy analysis

All topics

Accountability & Judgment

Reasonable Suspicion or Arbitrary Action? A Critical Examination of New Zealand’s Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill

New Zealand is at a crossroads. The Governments proposed Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill — announced by Immigration Minister Erica Stanford — represents both a necessary strengthening of compliance tools and a test of how far reasonable suspicion” can...

Read the essay

Trust, Regulation, and the Wrong Signal

Immigration New Zealand has made a quiet change. From October 7 2024, accredited employers seeking to hire migrants in lower-skilled roles could no longer be represented by their immigration professionals when dealing with the Labour Market Test.

Read the essay