But it placed heavy significance on the fact his two youngest children would be harmed if he was sent away permanently. "Despite the applicant's incarceration and detention for almost seven years, he has maintained a very close and significant parental relationship with his sons," Bygrave noted. The man spent most of his childhood in Western Samoa, where he was born, before moving to New Zealand at age 16 to live with his aunt and uncle. He met his wife a year later and the couple now have four children aged 11, 12, 19 and 21. "I am satisfied the cancellation of the applicant's visa would be severely detrimental to his two youngest sons and have a profoundly negative impact on both these minor children," Bygrave wrote.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 05, 2022 15:07 UTC