The Immigration and Protection Tribunal said it would be unduly harsh to deport the conman. Photo / 123RFBy Gill Bonnett of RNZA couple who faced deportation asked Oranga Tamariki about finding adoptive parents for their daughters so the pre-schoolers could stay in New Zealand. He appealed to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, which said the family's exceptional humanitarian circumstances would make it unduly harsh to deport him. The tribunal suspended his deportation for three years, which means he can stay if he commits no further offences in that time. They said they had looked into adopting their daughters to a family in New Zealand if his appeal failed.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 14, 2021 01:43 UTC