More families fleeing war will have a safe place to call home in Aotearoa after the government announced their decision to increase the refugee quota.
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Labour remain intent on lifting refugee quota
Labour remain intent on lifting New Zealand's refugee quota to 1,500 despite the differing stance from NZ First who say the coalition government have not promised to double refugee numbers.
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Labour Party promises to support Pacific climate change refugees
Te Atatū MP Phil Twyford has made a promise on behalf of the Labour Party to support Pacific Nations in the wake of climate change. The promise was made at the annual Kiribati Independence celebration in Auckland.
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Auckland home to New Zealand's newest refugee school
Today is World Refugee Day and the Ministry of Education has opened a new school for refugees at the Mangere Refugee Centre to replace the temporary school that has been there since 2013.
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NewsGreen Party plans to increase refugee quota to 5,000 a year
The Green Party is acknowledging World Refugee Day by releasing its commitment to increase the refugee quota to 5.000 per year.
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Māori Party co-leader wants to see refugee quota increased after Trump ban
Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says New Zealand's refugee quota should be increased after concerns about what is happening overseas. This comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban countries that are predominately Muslim from entering America.
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Former refugee Green Party candidate to focus on rangatahi
Golriz Ghahraman is a former refugee and UN human rights lawyer who is standing for the Green Party at this year’s election. The Auckland-based lawyer is focussed on tackling child poverty and youth rights, among other issues of significance to Māori.
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Australian twist on race relations
An Australian meat campaign has hammed up the country's multicultural society while firmly reminding who the nation's indigenous people are. The campaign features a group of aborigines setting up for a barbeque on a deserted beach, only to be joined by successive groups of different ethnicities.
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Native Affairs Summer Series- Nau mai, haere mai Refugees
Native Affairs went inside the Mangere refugee camp, where we met a Syrian whānau who were learning what it takes to be kiwis.
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Māori Samaritan helping needy in Middle East
Owen Pomana (Ngāti Kahungunu) is on a mission travelling through the Middle East to help Syrian refugees. He's renowned for providing assistance to Auckland’s homeless and the needy.
