The three are among other Pacific Islanders who had their visas approved by Immigration New Zealand.
Immigration New Zealand said the 16 people from Fiji and Samoa were approved for their visas between July 2016 and July 2019.
RNZI reports in total, there were 17 successful applications - including from one person who made multiple applications.
Immigration's visa services manager, Michael Carley, said overall there were 92 individual applications decided under the category since 2016.
