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Status of NZ’s Women In Decline Since Clark Era

New Zealanders are priding themselves on the speculation that former Prime Minister Helen Clark may be the first woman to run the UN (“Govt. will back Clark is she wants top UN job: Key”). If that speculation proves correct, it is inevitable that her promotion will be held up as an example of New Zealand’s…

Information Request: Releasing Funds from KiwiSaver Accounts

Migrants who’ve permanently left New Zealand are telling us that it is virtually impossible to get their KiwiSaver funds returned. People are saying the KiwiSaver scheme is starting to look a rort, we’ve heard it called a ‘money making scheme for the providers.’ According to the KiwiSaver website if you’ve moved overseas permanently (and not…

Lorde Feels Unsafe in New Zealand – “Success Comes With a Price Tag” – updated

Kiwi musician and recording star Lorde has reacted angrily to the treatment of herself and her family by the NZ media when she returned from the Grammy Awards. Watch the videos here and here New Zealand has an unenviable reputation for being obsessed with stardom and making celebs pay a heavy price for their popularity…

Another Rip-Off NZ Story

Remember how we’ve told you about rip-off prices in New Zealand, and how more and more people are finding it cheaper to buy from abroad? Never let it be said that New Zealand has a free market economy, nor that its residents aren’t bled dry by pricing policies that exploit the limited opportunities for price…