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

Length of time someone has lived in Australia will be taken into account when considering whether to deport Kiwis who have been sentenced to a year or more in prison

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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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