New Zealand, together with eight Pacific Island nations, have failed to stop human trafficking according to the latest data from the U.S. State Department.
The 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report defines human trafficking broadly as sex trafficking and forced labour, and ranks countries into four tiers based on how well they are implementing measures to combat it.
While Australia is among the Tier 1 countries—along with 32 others, including America, the UK, Canada, and Taiwan—New Zealand is ranked as Tier 2, along with the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Tonga. That puts them alongside countries such as Angola, Bangladesh, and Bosnia and Herzegovina….
New Zealand and Pacific Nations Failing to Stop Trafficking, US State Department Says
