The Killing Ski Fields

Last season we blogged about a number of snow and glacier fatalities in New Zealand, the majority of them involving falls from height, some of them on to hard or  rocky ground.  Read some of the reviews on Snow Forecast.com (scroll to bottom for excerpts) If you’re planning a ski or winter sports holiday to…

Chilean Tourist Robbed, Loses Life’s Work

We were saddened to hear that another tourist has fallen foul of New Zealand’s criminal element. It looks like word still isn’t getting out about the high levels of crime in New Zealand. In today’s Herald “A tearful Chilean tourist has had the laptop computer containing her life’s work stolen – barely a kilometre away…

Who’d Be A Supermaket Employee.

This is the latest installment of our series “What Kiwis say about New Zealand” a collection of first hand accounts of life in New Zealand,as told by its own citizens. A unique chance to see New Zealand as the locals see it. If you are an international student planning to study and work in New…

Rugby World Cup Visitors To Be “Spammed”

Visitors to the New Zealand rugby world cup are to be “spammed” with enticements to come back and live, work or play in New Zealand, according to a report in today’s Dom Post Rugby World Cup visitors will be spammed by the Government in an effort to entice skilled migrants to New Zealand’s “exciting, vibrant…