Additional resources
For more information about refugees and refugee resettlement in New Zealand, you can visit the following pages.
NZ Government information
- Claiming refugee and protection status in New Zealand
- Refugee resettlement strategy
- Supporting refugees and asylum seekers
- Settling in
- Refugee and protection unit (including New Zealand's obligations, quota branch and status branch
- Refugee health and wellbeing
- Research database – search by subject
- Refugee Voices: A journey towards resettlement publication
- Ethnic communities directory
Resources for settled families
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Police – refugee and ethnic liaison officer
- Community Law Centres – free legal help throughout New Zealand
- Settlement support
- Work and Income - assisting migrants and refugees
- New Zealand healthcare system
- Employment - information about minimum employment rights
- New Zealand Now – guide to living and working in New Zealand
Interpreting support
- Interpreting New Zealand
- Language Line
- CAB Language Link
- Work and Income New Zealand Multilingual Lines
Refugee sector organisations in New Zealand
- ChangeMakers Refugee Forum
- Auckland Regional Migrant Services Charitable Trust (ARMS)
- Asylum Seekers Support Trust
- Auckland Refugee Community Coalition
- Auckland Refugee Family Trust
- Refugees as Survivors
- Refugee Trauma Recovery
- Refugee Family Reunification Trust
- New Zealand Refugee Law
- Migrant Action Trust
- English Language Partners
- Refugee Council of New Zealand
International organisations
- International Organisation for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Canadian Council for Refugees
- Danish Refugee Council
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Refugee Council of Australia
Education resources
- For older children/teens
- Portal for teachers
- Interactive documentary on refugee resettlement in New Zealand (Together WMN)
