The family lost all their belongings, including passports, documents, jewellery, and savings. “Our passports were burned, We have nothing left.”

“It’s not a reflection on the individual migrants… It’s a reflection on the fact that we have New Zealanders who are desperate for jobs and need to be given the first opportunity.”

Dr Patel, who trained as a GP in the NT, has been recognised for going above and beyond his usual duties to support students undertaking clinical placements, mentoring them as they prepare for careers in healthcare.

Strong winds then helped spread the fire along two rows of parked cars.

“The book deals with a lot of critical issues impacting on the Pacific, and is expanded a lot and quite different from the last edition in 2015.”

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) said Patel initially ran legitimate businesses but later turned them into fronts for a fraudulent scheme that sold false employment opportunities to visa applicants.

Store's director Mahesh Kumar, who migrated from Fiji in 1998 and is originally from Gujarat, India, said the attack had shattered the festive spirit.

The pair were sentenced to nine months’ home detention by Judge Richard McIlraith after admitting multiple child abuse-related offences.

18-year-old Navjot Singh’s father was deported when he was just five days old, and his mother lost her legal status in 2012.

Himatjit Singh Kahlon, 42, was sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter and methamphetamine supply after a fatal Honey House Beer, part of a Canadian meth shipment, caused a young man’s death.