Now, the Immigration Act 2009 gives the Minister of Immigration extraordinary powers, unmatched in any form of Government or the public sector in New Zealand. The Minister is basically granted the power to allow people to come or not come, or stay or leave, at his or her discretion, setting out the plethora—the myriad—of immigration instructions that are required for Immigration New Zealand to operate. But even then, the Act enables the Minister to make a decision, to say yes or no to a visa application, regardless of those immigration instructions, and not give reasons for why the Minister is making those decisions. 