‘Jobs For Kiwis’ Still Very Much In Force – Updated

(Scroll down for update – 2 September 2010) Many times we have written about how ‘jobs for kiwis’ type policies were being used to make immigrants leave NZ, despite there being a shortage of local labour and how that was harming business. But, what’s really perverse is that NZ continues to try to attract paying…

North Shore Homicide – Updated

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of a woman who died in North Shore, Auckland on Saturday. Police have confirmed that the woman suffered a violent death in a house that was involved in a fire,  they’ve started a homicide inquiry but have not released details about the cause of death. She has…

Third Armed Robbery In Orewa This Year

‘Sleepy’ little seaside town, Orewa, has just suffered its third armed robbery this year. Of course there may have been more than this. We’re just going on the news reports and, as you know, not everything gets reported these days. Creole’s Bar and Brasserie on the Hibiscus Coast highway (above) was robbed this morning by…

Christchurch Street Robbery “Almost Endemic” Says Judge

If you’re out and about in Christchurch, NZ,  late at night there is a strong likelihood that you’ll be set upon and robbed, according to the words of a judge recently quoted in Court News. The city, already named “New Zealand’s murder capital” seems to be plagued with late night random acts of violence, many…