“Indians Less Safe In NZ Than Kiwis Are In India”

The headline on Stuff didn’t surprise us one bit but we thought we’d draw it to our readers’ attention as we do get a lot of visitors from India and surrounding countries. It’s the first time we’ve seen hard facts to back-up something we’d suspected for a while, New Zealand isn’t a safe place for…

Migrant Stories – Skilled Migrants Must Drive Taxis To Survive

We’ve heard it many times – migrants have qualifications approved to gain permanent residency and then find NZ employers won’t employ them because they won’t recognise those same qualifications. It’s madness, or perhaps xenophobic protectionism. Here’s an article by David Kemeys in The (North) Shore Times to demonstrate the problem. Mehmet Mohammed has problems. He’s…

Srikanth Rayadurgam Disappearance – Indian High Commission Concerned

From Yahoo News “The Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand is seeking a briefing from Auckland police over the disappearance of an Indian student. Srikanth Rayadurgam, 23, disappeared on his way to class at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) 10 days ago. His family have accused police of shifting resources off his case to…