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How many, if any, overstayers are estimated to have been in New Zealand for at least 5 years?

Answered Question 7292 (2026)
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Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • How many, if any, overstayers are estimated to have been in New Zealand for at least 5 years?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Immigration

Answer

I am advised that 10,870 individuals that were identified as being unlawfully in New Zealand as at 1 July 2025 had been in New Zealand for at least five years prior to that date (as at 1 July 2025).