Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. This tale is taken from an army social forum and the author, an expat Kiwi, speaks about how uncomfortable he felt when he returned to NZ after a long absence. He was…
It’s almost a year to the day since Australian tourist Kirsty Moulder was seriously injured when she “slipped” out of a bungy harness at the old ferry bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer Springs. Today the company she jumped with Thrillseekers Adventure Ltd. were fined $40,000, in addition to the $18,000 they’d already paid…
There were sighs of relief all round when it was confirmed this morning that the North Harbour Stadium was undamaged by yesterday’s violent tornado. The stadium, which is just metres from the Albany shopping mall “escaped unscathed” said the stadium’s chief exec. Craig Goodall. North Harbour is to host the France v. Japan, Australia v.…
One person has died and at least 20 injured by a massive tornado that swept across the Albany Megacentre shopping mall, in the Auckland suburb of Auckland this afternoon. Later reports said that a second person had been killed but these were incorrect. The deceased man was later named as 37 year old Benedict Dacayan,…
New Zealand’s ‘Green’ Credentials aren’t quite as good as they should be for a country with such a low population, much of NZ’s green reputation is little more than greenwashing used to sell produce and tourism. In April 2011 a copy of the government’s draft energy strategy: Developing Our Energy Potential was released ‘mistakenly’ into…
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