An Afghan refugee disembarks from a Boeing 727 at Auckland International Airport en route to the Mangere Reception Centre on September 26 after arriving from Nauru. A group of 141 mainly Afghan asylum-seekers arrived in New Zealand on Wednesday after a marathon journey lasting more than a month. New Zealand helped end an international standoff over the unwanted asylum seekers by offering to accept some of them while their claims for refugee status are processed. —REUTERS