Welcome to our very popular series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of life in New Zealand. Today’s tale was told in response to this article: A small town in New Zealand, or the Kiwi who came in from the cold. In it the author tells of how after nearly 20 years of living…
A SMALL TOWN IN NEW ZEALAND or THE KIWI WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD By guest blogger Yossarian The streets are wide here – wide and deserted. Nowadays you very rarely see children playing in the backyards or kicking balls in the driveways. Unlike Europe – we are ‘graced with space’ here – many…
A Malaysian woman in her late 60s was yesterday dragged from her car, beaten severely and left for dead on the road. When Nancy Voon tried to run away her attackers chased and assaulted her, before driving away with her car. Mrs Voon was was dragged from her seat and tried to run away. She…
What does a New Zealander, or indeed a tourist do when they suspect 1080 poisoning has occurred? Harden up? Hope for the best? Believe that “she’ll be right?” Or perhaps go to the GP who, in the case of the two sisters caught in 1080 dust during their picnic, “didn’t really know how to deal…
Two recently published Guardian newspaper articles show how down-right weird New Zealand has become. The first quotes Prime Minister Key (famous for his prison soap and ponytail capers) lambasting his fellow countrymen for being lazy stoners. Apparently, thousands of migrants are flooding in (mostly from China and India) while 200,000 locals kick-back and toke-up. The…
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