18 May 2004
The NZAMI's Seven Point Regulation Proposal

1. All agents, lawyers and consultants engaged in submitting applications for immigration should be registered

2. A regulatory body should be set-up with representation from the immigration industry, the New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS) and immigrant communities

3. An independent commissioner should be appointed to run the regulatory body

4. Codes of conduct and competence standards should be established for registered agents and consultants

5. The NZIS should only accept applications lodged by registered agents/consultants or the would-be immigrants themselves

6. The registration requirement should apply to all agents and consultants lodging applications with the NZIS from overseas, as well as to those operating in New Zealand

7. The cost of the regulatory service should be met in part through registration fees

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>