Gay Man Publicly Humiliated For Being A HIV Infection Risk

Discretion may not be some people’s forte, but one should expect people working in a professional capacity to be trained to muster up the appropriate behaviour, occasionally. We were disappointed to hear a gay man was publicly humiliated in front of a busy waiting room when a nurse announced he could be carrying the HIV virus. Liam Taylor had some root…

Simon Maddison Lost Appeal to Have Emma Returned to NZ

According to an entry made in his Facebook account Simon Maddison lost his appeal to have his daughter Emma returned from Denmark to New Zealand. ” Just wanted to keep you all informed on my struggle to bring Emma home. Unfortunately my Appeal was turned down. The Danish Supreme Court didn’t want to reopen my case,…

School Reports. National Standards Data Released, High Error Rate in Marking

The first ever National Standards results for reading, writing and maths in primary schools have been released in New Zealand. It’s not a comprehensive list and 188 schools either haven’t submitted data or it was ‘incomplete’.  25 schools have refused to participate,  prompting Education Minister, Hekia Parata,  to issue a stern rebuke, saying “Schools are Crown entities,…

Your Exit Interview – “No More Romanians”

Today we are publishing another reply to our invitation to give us your New Zealand exit interviews. If you are a Romanian national planning to study in or visit New Zealand your may like to read how one Romanian couple was made to feel like criminals before being unceremoniously thrown out of New Zealand by…