Yesterday we blogged about year 9 student, Michaela Blaauw, whom is about to go to live with her grandparents in Kwa Zulu Natal to escape bullying at Howick College, a decile 10 school in Auckland. Michaela and her family emigrated from South Africa about 5 years ago. Following De Wet Blaauw’s meeting with the school…
Heads up for Wellington Scoop for their unraveling of the some of the spin put out about Wellington’s recent raking by Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet is said to have ranked Wellington as 4th in a list of the world’s best cities, but that and the description of the city being “Cool” aren’t quite what they…
Investor Carl Icahn has thrown another spanner in the works that will hold off the impending chapter 11 bankruptcy of MGM for a while longer. According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter bankruptcy is unlikely now to be filed until mid-week. Icahn has asked that more than a dozen Spyglass film-library titles be removed…
A writer for UK’s The Sunday Times has torn-off NZ Rugby a strip, saying their Haka is a self-important bore and arrogant. (emphasis ours) “IT WAS once a theatrical affair, loved by children and armchair fans, but the ridiculous bout of pre-game posturing has no place in rugby today.” The article, re-published on The Australian‘s…
If you are thinking about educating your child in New Zealand, or are considering teaching in the country, you may wish to read the following cautionary blog. Despite New Zealand’s claim to be a ‘great place to raise kids‘ the country has a fierce reputation for being one of the worst countries in the world…
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