Refugees will begin arriving in Whanganui, Timaru, and Blenheim in March 2020 and in Masterton and Levin in May the same year. Read more:"What we need is places that have got the capacity to receive the refugee families when they come to New Zealand. Mr Lees-Galloway said all the refugee families would go through an induction course none would arrive without a home organised for them. Established refugee resettlement centres such as Hamilton - which receives about 150 refugees a year - can expect that number to drop to about 115. Anashuya Fletcher, who fled the Sri Lankan civil war and settled in Whanganui, said the refugees would find all they needed.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 07, 2019 06:45 UTC