100% Pure You? Anna Faris May Think Otherwise

It’s official, New Zealand is no longer 100% Pure. Tourism New Zealand recently launched a new advertising campaign that pushes the 100% pure emphasis off of the country and onto the individual that visits it. Shame then that Anna Feris didn’t feel 100% Pure when she was in NZ shooting the movie  Yogi Bear. She…

Would You Vote For A New ‘Migrant Party’?

Patsy Wong’s resignation has resulted in a March by-election having to be held in the Botany constituency, where migrants make up more than half of the voters. Rather than use a mainstream party to make the Chinese migrant voice heard in parliament action was taken to form a New Citizen Party. The New Citizen Party…

Pike River Mine – Recovery Operation To Quit

Police and Department of Conservation officials met today with families of  men killed in the Pike River Mine to deliver the shattering news that recovery work at the mine is to be abandoned. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families and friends of the dead men, who must now learn to grieve for…

Teaching In NZ – A Migrant’s Exit Interview

Continuing in our popular series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. Our latest tale is taken from the forum at Expatexposed.com, the only uncensored NZ immigration forum on the net, where people are free to talk about NZ as they really…