New Zealanders in Australia are still treated like second-class citizens

By Susan Chenery
Updated April 16 2016 - 1:33am, first published 12:32am
New Zealand's flag: similar to Australia's, but that closeness doesn't extend to similar rights for our Kiwi cousins.
New Zealand's flag: similar to Australia's, but that closeness doesn't extend to similar rights for our Kiwi cousins.
Trans-Tasman Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Key may be in the same boat, but their respective citizens aren't. Photo: Dean Lewins
Trans-Tasman Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Key may be in the same boat, but their respective citizens aren't. Photo: Dean Lewins
News. NZ PM John Key Visit and Malcolm Turnbull joint press conference. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 19th Feb 2016.
News. NZ PM John Key Visit and Malcolm Turnbull joint press conference. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 19th Feb 2016.

Honey Inia, 34, has lived in Australia for 15 years. A week after she arrived from New Zealand she got a job and worked until her twins were born nearly seven years ago, then worked part time. In their 14 years together, she and her de facto partner established a house, mortgage, cars – "it was all joined up."

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