Dong v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment - [2016] 3 NZLR 357

Immigration — Deportation order — Application for cancellation of deportation order — Whether deportee had right to apply for cancellation — Whether consideration given to personal circumstances — Whether statutory requirements of decision-maker complied with — Whether “record of a record” of consideration of personal circumstances sufficient — Immigration Act 2009, s 177.

Judicial review — Immigration — Deportation order — Application for cancellation of deportation order — Whether process leading to decision adequate — Whether decision statutorily compliant — Whether further grounds for review established — Immigration Act 2009, s 177.