Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani arrives in NZ after six years in detention in PNG

Behrouz Boochani arrived at Auckland airport

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Mr Boochani has been granted a month-long visitor's visa to travel to Christchurch to speak at a literary festival in Christchurch.

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