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Let Acclaimed Iranian Director Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami into NZ

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Nat Curnow
10 years ago

The decision not to grant her a visa is at best absurd and at worst incompetent and ignorant

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Richard Sidey
10 years ago

What a disgusting way to treat our guests. I am ashamed.

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Nicky bushell
10 years ago

How embarrassing, let this film director in to promote her film.

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Ben van den Eykel
10 years ago

This is outright xenophobia. She is living in the US how many people living in the US are escaping to NZ? This is bad publicity our nascent film industry does NOT need...

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jai busby
10 years ago

Are government employees lazy why did you give NO comment to the news

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Wendell Cooke
10 years ago

This is absurd and deeply embarrassing for NZ, the Minister for Immigration should intervene and grant her a visa.

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Garth Maxwell
10 years ago

Let this artist in! Support her! Don't act against someone based on idiotic suppositions. Please.

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Birgit Krippner
10 years ago

I would love to meet this brilliant mind!

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Tania Anderson
10 years ago

Ridiculous and embarrassing

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stephen oliver
10 years ago

Remove the blinkers. Let her in.

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Ying ly
10 years ago

Please grant her a visitor's visa. Her attendance can be recorded and will be a valuable experience to all.

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martin brown
10 years ago

She's been in Australia and the Us for heaven's sake - the centres of immigration paranoia - and New Zealand turns her down? Get some humanity.

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Alistair Browning
10 years ago

It's ridiculous to deny this woman entry. Crazy paranoia

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Leanne Pooley
10 years ago

This is a truly crazy decision that will serve to embarrass New Zealand on the international stage...again.

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Dan Shanan
10 years ago

Let her in!

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Hayley Abbott
10 years ago

shame on you NZ immigration

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Kate Todd
10 years ago

how can our professional filmmakers learn unless the have access to other artists - grow up New Zealand. Let her in please

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Katie Flannigan
10 years ago

Disappointing decision. An urgent review of why this film maker was declined a Visa needs to be undertaken.

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john Butterfield
10 years ago

She is an artist and a human rights activist what do you gain by publicly keeping her out of New Zealand?

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gary baigent
10 years ago

BS excuse.