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Native Affairs – Kiwi Deportation

As many as a thousand kiwis living in Australia could be deported back to Aotearoa.  200 are currently being held in detention centres across Australia, after a policy change last December sort to detain and deport non-Australians who have incurred a prison sentence of a year or more.

Many Kiwis affected left New Zealand as toddlers, haven't been back and have no connections here.  The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he won't budge - so what happens now?

To discuss this further our presenter Billie-Jo Hohepa-Ropiha is joined by Māori Party Co-Leader Marama Fox and University of Auckland Law Lecturer Kylee Quince.