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Shane Martin lived a colourful life before he was deported to New Zealand in 2016. A top member of the Rebels and the father to AFL star Dusty Martin, he spent his final years trying to come home. ....
The Richmond superstar is currently in mourning after his father Shane, 54, died on Friday. New Zealand s strict quarantine rules could affect Martin being able to travel to the country. ....
Steel fences surround Villawood detention centre in Sydney, where many ‘501s’ are held before deportation. Australia’s enforcement of the populist immigration policy has dogged diplomatic relations since 2014. The topic is likely to be on the agenda when Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne arrives for talks with counterpart Nanaia Mahuta on Wednesday. Since 2015, 2374 Kiwis have been sent back across the Tasman, with numbers reaching a peak in 2017 at 468 returnees. Last year, as the world grappled with travel restrictions imposed to tackle the virus, 320 people were returned. Between January and March this year, 61 were removed from Australia, many on a series of ‘Con Air’ flights. ....
• Source: A Rotorua district councillor has expressed concern about children growing up in motels next door to gang members and Australia s 501 deportees. Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait. Source: Local Democracy Reporting By Felix Desmarais, Local Democracy Reporter Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait made the comments at a council Strategy, Policy and Finance Committee meeting on Thursday as part of discussions surrounding a draft council plan to address community safety. So-called 501 deportees are criminal New Zealand citizens deported from Australia. They are named for the section of the Australian Immigration Act that allowed visas to be stripped from New Zealand residents who had disqualified themselves on character grounds. ....
A Rotorua district councillor has expressed concern about children growing up in motels next door to gang members and Australia s 501 deportees. Some people in motels are in survival mode, Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says. Photo: LDR / Rotorua Daily Post Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait made the comments at a council Strategy, Policy and Finance Committee meeting on Thursday as part of discussions surrounding a draft council plan to address community safety. So-called 501 deportees are criminal New Zealand citizens deported from Australia. They are named for the section of the Australian Immigration Act that allowed visas to be stripped from New Zealand residents who had disqualified themselves on character grounds. ....