Lansdowne Homicide Inquiry, Missing Women And Vampires

Another violent death has taken place in New Zealand. The body of a  47 year old man was found in a two bedroom flat in Lansdowne in the Wairarapa. Police discovered him during a call-out at 3am today and attempts to resuscitate him failed. Reports say that police are talking to a man in connection…

Talk Like A Kiwi

Now that immigrants in New Zealand have found out they need to “dumb down” their CVs (i.e. not include irrelevant little details, e.g. degrees) to find work, a charitable trust based in Auckland is also offering to help to recent arrivals – to understand the Kiwi accent and use of English. The British Telegraph newspaper…

Dumb Down, If You Want To Get A Job In NZ

Edward Gay in The Herald is telling the story of a graduate who was allegedly told to by the Department of Work and Income ( WINZ) to remove her degree and experience from her CV if she wanted to find short term work. “Work and Income staff told a woman with a university bachelor degree…

New Zealand Is Third World

This is a statement we’ve often seen and heard bandied around, how true is it exactly and what does ‘third world’ mean to people these days? This blog post is going to be progressive one, as we collect more information it will be added to but here’s the starter to get the ball rolling- some…