Can you imagine parking up to eat your takeaway, having a kid point a gun at your head and being told “Get out of the car bitch, we want the car!“ You’d think you’d were in some war torn country, or perhaps some developing nation where crime is the only way for kids to survive. But no, this happened south of Auckland,…
Today, a sobering reminder about the downsides of migrant life in New Zealand: the twin dangers of a weak job market combined with insecure work visas often force immigrants out of New Zealand. Two British miners, brought over to work in west coast coal fields are likely to be deported from New Zealand if they are made redundant…
The Northern Advocate is carrying a story about a group of Japanese homestay students who lost most of their possessions whilst on a trip to Northland. We’ve often blogged about crime in Northland, time and time again unwary travellers have been mugged and assaulted, or their vehicles broken into for the valuables they contain. As ever,…
Coming to Christchurch to teach, or put your children through school? You may want to think again after official data published today showed there has been a net outflow of families and older workers from the quake stricken city, “There was a net outflow of children and their parents from Christchurch after the earthquake, and…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was first published on a for-profit emigration site, the author tells a familiar story about how difficult it is for migrants to find jobs in the IT sector. There is…
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