Immigration New Zealand’s ambition is to provide a trusted, world class immigration service to all our customers.

In July 2023, MBIE decided to establish a panel of telephone and video interpreting service providers to ensure that there is a range of interpreters and languages available to meet the needs of people throughout the country and provide business continuity for New Zealand government.

Telephone and video interpreting service for government agencies.

Findings of an independent review into the AEWV was released in February 2024.

The Migrant Employment Data (MED) combines Immigration New Zealand’s visa data with Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax data to provide measures of how many people are engaged in the labour market each month, by industry, visa type, geographic area, and demographic characteristics.

Find out how you can provide translation or interpreting support to the New Zealand Public Service.

We survey recent migrants about their experiences of life in New Zealand and report on their settlement outcomes. We also survey New Zealanders about their perceptions of migrants and immigration to better understand community attitudes.

MBIE extends current language assistance services contract while procurement of a panel of providers continues.

The Minister and Associate Minister of Immigration are proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

The Language Assistance Services (LAS) Programme was created to address language barriers in accessing public services and information. This initiative came about after reviews in 2015 and 2016 highlighted the need for improved interpreter and translation services in the public sector.