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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay and Henry Belot

New Zealand PM welcomes change to Australia’s ‘corrosive’ deportation policy

New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins has welcomed the change of policy on deportations.
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins has welcomed Australia’s change of policy on deportations. Photograph: Lynn Grieveson/Getty Images

New Zealand’s prime minister, Chris Hipkins, has welcomed Australia’s announcement it will overhaul its approach to deporting NZ citizens who have spent more than one year in an Australian prison.

The deportations of the New Zealanders – despite in some cases tenuous connections to New Zealand – have provoked frustration in the trans-Tasman relationship for years.

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