{"id":10725,"date":"2019-11-04T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/04\/new-zealand-accused-of-racism-after-visa-rule-throws-arranged-marriages-into-chaos"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T05:41:10","slug":"new-zealand-accused-of-racism-after-visa-rule-throws-arranged-marriages-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=10725","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand accused of racism after visa rule throws arranged marriages into chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s Indian community voices outcry after cultural exemptions to visa rule are suddenly halted<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/au\/contribute?acquisitionData=%7B%22componentType%22%3A%22ACQUISITIONS_EDITORIAL_LINK%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22GUARDIAN_WEB%22%2C%22campaignCode%22%3A%22AUS_EDITORIAL%22%2C%22componentId%22%3A%22All-blacks_pool_games%22%2C%22referrerPageviewId%22%3A%22k2fujzce66j1t7is01pb%22%2C%22referrerUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2F2019%2Fnov%2F01%2Fsonny-bill-williams-departs-as-he-arrived-dividing-opinion-like-no-other-all-black%22%7D&amp;INTCMP=AUS_EDITORIAL\">Please help us by supporting our independent journalism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand has a reputation for offering a warmer welcome to immigrants than many other western nations, including its nearest neighbour, Australia. But the country\u2019s Indian community has decried as racist a recent policy change that excludes \u2013 perhaps permanently \u2013 those entering arranged marriages from bringing their spouses to New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>It has also created a political tangle a year out from New Zealand\u2019s elections \u2013 with one minister claiming the government had not been responsible for the immigration clampdown \u2013 and another claiming it as a personal victory.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/04\/new-zealand-accused-of-racism-after-visa-rule-throws-arranged-marriages-into-chaos\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s Indian community voices outcry after cultural exemptions to visa rule are suddenly haltedWe are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalismNew Zealand has a reputation for offering a warm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,62,491,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-india","category-migration","category-new-zealand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}