Welcome to our hugely popular Migrant Tales series – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale comes from an American migrant, hated simply because of his nationality: I’m from America, & my wife is a Kiwi (but speaks, behaves and has an Aussie outlook on life…) I became a dual…
Our readers know that New Zealand homes, infamous for being ‘leaky’ cold and damp, are basically overpriced, poorly constructed sheds. Then again, most of our readers come from first world countries where homes are built to last for 80 years plus and are designed and constructed to be able to withstand adverse weather conditions. It’s…
Welcome to our Migrant Tales series – hundreds of first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by a British vet who hails from the Lake District. She found New Zealand didn’t live up to its promises, and that information supplied to potential immigrants is misleading. She lists…
Another severe earthquake has rocked New Zealand. The shallow magnitude 5.2 quake was centered near Seddon at a depth of 13 km, 86 km south of Wellington at 12.17 am January 6, NZ time. View the details here. As yet a full damage assessment hasn’t been made, but the quake comes at peak tourist time…
Welcome to our Migrant Tales series – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by a migrant of Indian descent. They tell of facets of racism and cultural isolation, and not being permitted to belong. Here’s their story… Everyone wants to belong. Everyone. I wasn’t born here,…
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