It doesn't happen very often. Occasionally, the higher courts will overturn our decision. It's generally based on a family reason. We are still able to successfully deport criminals who have New Zealand-born children and New Zealand families because the courts have upheld that thinking. Just being married to a New Zealand partner or having New Zealand-born children is not in itself an exceptional circumstance. Sometimes courts will make decisions and that's what they do. We can either appeal that or accept it.
