Continuing in our series of Migrants Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience on New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by Tony. Tony was born and raised in New Zealand. He left when he was 23 years old and spent many long and happy years in the US. He was forced to return to…
The Press has published more information about the recent random street attack in the seaside town of Kaikoura, famous for its sea life watching tours and fast developing an unsavory reputation for thuggish acts of violence. A group of holiday makers were walking back from town to the Big Ten holiday park earlier this week…
We’ve often written about both youth and school violence on this blog because it’s increasing in both severity and prevalence, it affects migrants with school age children and those who move to NZ to take up teaching positions. It also has a big impact on the local communities in which migrants live. 777 teachers were…
A security guard at Onepoto Primary School in the affluent suburb of North Shore, Auckland was shot in a the face after he was attacked by a teenager demanding money on Friday evening. Despite the guards protestations that he had no cash on him the young thug shot him four times in the face and…
The independent New Zealand Institute has ranked New Zealand 5th in a list of 30 OECD countries for its high murder rate according to the Herald: “The murder and manslaughter of about 100 people a year makes New Zealand one of the most violent countries in the developed world, according to a new independent report.…
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