Another Strong Quake Affects Christchurch

A strong earthquake affected parts of Christchurch tonight. The magnitude 4.6 quake was just 8km deep and centred 10km south west of Christchurch. So far there have been over 3,000 reports made to GNS, whose drums recordings show it was detected over much of New Zealand (see below) Given the late hour there have yet to be any…

Migrant Tales – NZ Not The Land Of Promise For Me

Welcome to our popular Migrant Tales series – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by Allen. Allen is Chinese born, emigrated to New Zealand when he was a child and had a pleasant upbringing. He is fluent in English and Mandarin and was relatively unscathed by racism whilst growing…

Migrant Tales – NZ Promised Land?

Welcome to our ever popular series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was first published on a commercial, advertorial supported emigration forum and attracted the usual ‘victim blaming’ ‘it must be you’ type responses that greet any criticism of…