Both the Herald and Stuff today are publishing articles about Kiwis in Australia talking about their shock at NZ’s rip-off food prices. Amazingly, some New Zealand produce is cheaper in Australia than in New Zealand. It makes you wonder who’s getting rich while low income families struggle to make ends meet. New Zealand has more…
Prescheduled for release on 1 January 2016 Another reminder this holiday season that tourists in New Zealand aren’t there to be treated like cash cows, nor should they be ripped-off. Overseas visitors often find themselves subjected to the ‘tourist tax’ in places like Queenstown, and we all know of the twin pricing that goes on in…
A few weeks ago we warned about the NZ government’s latest scheme to attract more migrants to New Zealand by giving them extra points for going to the regions, despite there being very little work available outside the major centres of population. Read: Beware the new points system for “migrants for regions” July 2015… More…
The New Zealand government wants to put a tax on arriving and departing from the country, which may result in the tourism industry taking a $104 million annual hit. Airlines, airports, the cruise industry and accommodation providers have united in their opposition to the introduction of the $22 charge which was proposed in the…
As most people will tell you, the reason why a quarter of New Zealand’s population live in Auckland is because that’s where most of the jobs are. The remainder are chiefly in Wellington and (rebuild work) in Christchurch. Why then is the NZ government about to award migrants extra application points if they apply to live…
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