New research has been published to show that many New Zealanders are not as happy as those ‘Happiness Indices’ would have you believe (Or maybe they’re happy (hic) for another reason?). Not only is alcohol abuse a significant cause of crime but it also goes some way to explain New Zealand’s shockingly high suicide statistics.…
Update 12/9/2013 It is with great sadness we report that the man charged with the murder of Charanpreet Singh Dhaliwal has been acquitted. Charanpreet was an Indian student resident in New Zealand, he died on his first night of part-time work as a security guard. It is thought he received no induction or safety awareness…
Gun crime seems to be getting out of control in New Zealand with a number of firearm offences hitting the news in the last few days. These are in addition to the armed holdups which regularly plague dairies and bars across the country and hardly raise attention in the media anymore. First a couple were…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was left in The Agora by an experienced and highly trained vet who lived in Dunedin for eighteen months before leaving for the US. From employment problems to poor housing, hygiene and experiences of racism from…
An astonishing number of endangered Kea have been poisoned as a result of sustained 1080 drops by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. According to information published by the news site Stuff.co.nz, 7 of the birds died from 1080 poisoning in 2008 (Franz Josef and Fox Glacier) and another 7 in 2011 (Okarito). No data for…
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