Ye v Minister of Immigration - [2009] 2 NZLR 596

Immigration — Procedure — Removal orders served on parents of New Zealand citizen children — Whether need to read in further procedural steps prior to removal — Whether “humanitarian interview” required or merely voluntary — Meaning of “proceeding” — Whether immigration officer’s decision to confirm removal following humanitarian interview reviewable — Whether principle that interests of child paramount incorporated into immigration legislation — Relevance of international obligations — Relevance of child’s New Zealand citizenship — Factors to be weighed against citizenship and welfare and best interests of child of person subject to removal order — Whether immigration process fulfilled legal requirements — Relevant and irrelevant considerations — Judicature Amendment Act 1972.

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Whether principle that interests of child paramount carried over into other legislation — Care of Children Act 2004, s 4.