Your Exit Interview – “No More Romanians”

Today we are publishing another reply to our invitation to give us your New Zealand exit interviews. If you are a Romanian national planning to study in or visit New Zealand your may like to read how one Romanian couple was made to feel like criminals before being unceremoniously thrown out of New Zealand by…

School Reports. National Standards Data Released

The first ever National Standards for reading, writing and maths  have been released in New Zealand. It’s not a comprehensive list and some schools are conspicuous by their absence. It’s early days yet and there is no way to tell if the acceptable standards of one school are equivalent to the acceptable standards of another,…

Strong Quake Hits Christchurch

Another strong earthquake hit Christchurch at 1.35pm today. The mag 4.2 quake, only 12km deep, was centred 20km east of the city. Geonet described it as “strong” and said it was followed by a smaller 3.8 quake at 2:01pm. Public Id: 2012p713691itNZST: Friday, September 21 2012 at 1:35:03 pm Intensity: strong Depth: 12 km Magnitude:…

Another NZ ‘Change Your Name’ Story

This was in today’s edition of the New Zealand Herald: “A Syrian job applicant was told he should change his name to something more Kiwi because conservative southerners would think twice about working with him. The Syrian, a 22-year-old Auckland-based man with a civil engineering degree, was applying for a graduate position within architectural business…