Most certainly, New Zealand is a racism, small minded country. I come from South Africa, the most racist place in the world and I escaped it 5 years ago to come to a country that is just as bad. I am brown skinned and every day I am treated like an inferior.

New Zealanders are rude and arrogant as well, not all, but the ones that I encounter set a bad example for the rest so what am I to think. Just this morning, I was trying to get into the lane to get onto the motorway and no one would let me in and then I got the finger for pushing my way in, wow small minded and completely shut off from the rest fo the world.

I never get promotions at work even though I am far more qualified and experienced because I am a different nationality and race. White New Zealanders look at me like i’m an intruder but Maori people have always been welcoming and nice. However the most racist are white New Zealand woman….and I have travelled to many countries and they are top of the list….I will always be an outsider and never be part of greater New Zealand becuase I am the wrong colour for New Zealand.

My friend is from Czechoslavakia and can barely speak English and has only been here one year but she is already married to a New Zealander, has lots of NZ friends and has a far better job than me. Go figure….

Aotearoa is full of xenophobes and racists that cloak themselves in pc-isms to conceal the core of intolerance that eats away at this beautiful land. That is what is rotten in New Zealand.

i believe we are a racist country. however this is only because our country is so diverse, because new zealand is made up of many different cultures and religions. Adults and some children acept the fact that we are so diverse others dont agree with nz being a multi cultural environment and bully kids mostly teens because they are different but as we progess through life we learn to acept these facts .

Kelly Henderiks-Year 10 (Second year of college/High school)

New zealand is definately a racist country. But the funny thing is we use it for humor more than discouragement. In my school All ethnicities are mixed around and we joke about someone being black or white and nobody cares. I call my mate the “N” word like sup nigger and i’m white. he doesnt find it racist cause it’s like saying sup brother. or sup g. i’s just another greeting. that i say to someone reguardless if they are black or white. white people say nigger or fucking maori. and black people say stupid pakeha or white bitch. who cares? have a laugh once in a while.

Johnitis

This says an awful lot about NZ’ and its education system. It makes Mississippi seem world class

k.k.k.

Yea ah racism is only against people nigga’s and garden hoe’s not peeps jackass.
It’s scientifically proven that black’s and brown’s are genetically inferior. If black people didn’t cheat in sports then we wouldn’t need to call them athlete’s. They were made by god to be slaves to the majority. or else angels wouldn’t be white, and demon’s wouldn’t be black.

Tema (a Pacific Islander)

I am a 15 year old girl and I am a P.I, born and raised in New Zealand. My family and I recently moved into one of the smaller areas in New Zealand and there’s not much “brown” people here in this place and so the people here are not really use to “brown” people.. I attend an all girls school of over 1000 pupils and over half the girls here are Pakeha. There’s about 20 P.I’s and Maori girls out of those 1000+ girls. I thought New Zealand was not a racist country until 1 one day I was walking to catch my bus. I went to go pull my bag up, but accidentally touched the Pakeha girl who was walking next to me on her hand. I apologized but she made this ‘sound’ as if she were disgusted that she touched me, a girl of brown skin. So she wiped her hand on her jersey and moved closer to the fence and walked faster. In my head I was thinking, ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’. I’ve had many other incidents (it’s only my 2nd term at this school) where I’ve been called “black” by girls sitting right next to me who think they’re whispering. Which does not at all define who I am. I’ve noticed that some my teachers are more willing and helpful to other girls in the class but when I ask for help, they don’t give it to me as best as they do to the other girls (who are pakeha) and seem angry every time I ask for help (which isn’t often). Coming from the capital city where there is plenty of P.I’s, Maori’s and alot of other cultures, to such a smaller area that is basically isolated to “browns”, I’ve really noticed the difference. So, yes, I do believe New Zealand is a racist country.