Citizenship and Immigration committee  We instituted some other mechanisms. A major one is advanced passenger processing, which means that everyone who is checking in on a flight with a trip where they will eventually end up in New Zealand is checked against the immigration computer system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Fewer than 10%. At that point around 80% to 90%—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, the other way round. At that point, around 10%, I think, were gaining refugee status each year, so maybe around 200 to 250 of them.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  He has used that term.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't confirm that, I'm sorry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't comment, sorry. I can't confirm or deny.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think I can respond to this in this situation, I'm sorry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are confident that we are. Fraser will speak to the compliance with our Bill of Rights Act.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. Once people are determined to need protection under the convention or the convention against torture—and the rest of the things it's against—we will give them temporary status for three years, reassess at the end of the three years, and at that point they would be able to be granted permanent status.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, in this case, as we haven't had an arrival, I probably can't comment. But I think we do recognize people's right to seek asylum. That is an international right that is enshrined in the convention and the protocol to which New Zealand is a signatory. We do not want people to think that getting on a boat to come to New Zealand is a good idea, very largely because we actually think there is a high chance that they wouldn't make it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do believe very much in working with other countries to address the issues in the countries of origin. New Zealand is a very active member of the Bali process, in which Canada is also a participant. That is very focused on preventing the root causes of asylum seeking.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Obviously, our situation and our policy package is somewhat different from Australia's current situation. But yes, the detention itself is not actually the major deterrent. The detention is intended to ensure that we can safely house people whose identity we are not certain of for the period of time that it takes us to determine their identity.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have not been party to discussions. There may have been some general discussion around things that countries were thinking of, but we haven't undertaken consultation, as far as I'm aware.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Obviously there is no list of people, and if there were, it would be anonymous.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly. It is a package of legislative and policy changes. The legislative changes relate to the ability to detain people on a group warrant for up to six months. At present, for people who are detained, whether in a low-security or a high-security facility, the warrants are obtained on an individual basis and they have a maximum lifespan of 28 days.