Australians Latest Victims Of Tourist Crime In New Zealand

Following on from our post Tourists Continue To Be Targets For Criminals In New Zealand on 2 December, we’re appalled to hear the news that more tourists have been targetted by New Zealand’s bogan criminals. New Zealand has one of the OECD’s most rapidly widening gaps between rich and poor, unfortuantely crime against tourists is just one manifestation…

Migrant Tales – Irish Construction Workers Beware in Christchurch

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the immigrant experience of New Zealand gathered from locations around the net. Today’s tale follows on from a story from a British plumber which we published yesterday. The following account first appeared on the forum at Expatexposed.com and was written by someone who works in the NZ construction…

Large Quake Rattles North, South Islands – Updated

A large 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the top of the South Island and lower North Island at 7.19pm today. The epicentre was 60 km deep and felt strongly in Marlborough and Wellington. A  TVNZ report told of how highrise windows were shattered in the capital and apartments being evacuated, police said. “there has been damage…