Northland Supermarket Held Up At Gunpoint

New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to live has taken another knock with the news that a Whangarei supermarket (above) was held up by a man with a shotgun on Monday night. Not the sort of thing you’d expect to happen when you’re queuing up in your slippers to pay for your daily milk…

My Story Since Leaving NZ

Continuing in our very popular series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the immigrant experience of New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s Tale is taken from the forum at Expatexposed.com. One of the few (only?)  uncensored NZ immigration forums on the net. It was written by a British woman married to…

Release Rena Inspection Reports Say Maritime Union

Whilst Filipino crew members are being evacuated out of New Zealand for their own safety, the Maritime Union has again asked for Maritime New Zealand to release its inspection reports for the MV Rena, saying that it should reveal whether the ship received a full inspection after being found with defects in China and Australia,…

Responsibility For Rena Disaster Lies With Government

“The Maritime Union says that the responsibility for the Rena disaster lies with Government and authorities as much as with individual crew members. Maritime Union of New Zealand General Secretary Joe Fleetwood says the arrest today of the master of the Rena on serious charges should not deflect attention away from the greater responsibility for…

Facebook Petition To Ban Bryce Lawrence

Pressure is growing to stand-down Kiwi referee Bryce Lawrence following decisions he made (or rather, didn’t make) during world cup rugby matches, culminating with the shock defeat of the present champions by the Wallabies. A Facebook page titled Petition To Stop Bryce Lawrence Ever Reffing A Rugby Game Again has already gathered over 12, 000…