Spare a thought for the long suffering people of Christchurch this winter, many of whom are still living in damaged homes almost three years (Sept 24, 2010) after the first quake hit the small New Zealand city. Already beset by widespread flooding (watch video) that has closed a number of schools, the Canterbury region is…
British tourists Nicola Forsyth and Tom Hiscock were months into a round the world holiday when they had the misfortune to become victims of crime in New Zealand. We’ve written many times about New Zealand’s appalling record for crime, especially against tourists and we’re saddened to learn that the message is still not getting out.…
The NZ press has been full of various versions of a story about two disabled passengers (a woman in a wheelchair and her partially sighted husband). The couple almost came to grief when their train started to pull away whilst they were still on a disabled ramp suspended between the train and the station platform.…
“Huge rise in child abduction cases” screams the headline in today’s New Zealand Herald, sure to invoke images of children being dragged from the streets by persons unknown. But read the article and you’ll learn that these abductions are mostly parents taking their children out of the country without the consent of the other parent.…
A few days ago New Zealand got a slating on the OECD’s Better Life Index, one of the categories it scored poorly in was Housing. Many migrants chose New Zealand because they’re looking for a better standard of living, what a surprise it is for them when they discover not only are the houses of poor…
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