Welcome to the latest in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of life as a migrant in New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale is from an emigration forum. The author currently resides in New Zealand and tells what its like to live in both Australia and New Zealand.…
Bernie Monk, father of Michael Monk who was one of the 29 men killed in the Pike River Mine explosion, has accused the government and police of wanting the seal up the mine to prevent access to evidence Today’s NZ Herald said The father of a miner who died at Pike River has accused police…
Families of the men killed in the Pike River Mine Disaster are said to be angry at NZ Prime Minister John Key’s unwillingness to follow-up on promises he made about the mine. Again, issues about the cost of recovering the bodies and the loss of evidence have been raised. It would seem to be a…
It’s official, New Zealand is no longer 100% Pure. Tourism New Zealand recently launched a new advertising campaign that pushes the 100% pure emphasis off of the country and onto the individual that visits it. Shame then that Anna Feris didn’t feel 100% Pure when she was in NZ shooting the movie Yogi Bear. She…
Patsy Wong’s resignation has resulted in a March by-election having to be held in the Botany constituency, where migrants make up more than half of the voters. Rather than use a mainstream party to make the Chinese migrant voice heard in parliament action was taken to form a New Citizen Party. The New Citizen Party…
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