Racist Street Attacks In Christchurch

Cantebury’s Star newspaper is reporting today on two racist street attacks that have taken place in Christchurch in the past few days. The first incident involved a young mother and her children as she was putting them in her car and the second a man who was beaten by a skinhead as he left a…

Skiers Stuck On Mount Shutt

Hundreds of people are trapped in freezing conditions on Mount Hutt as high winds brought about the closure of the ski fields this afternoon. Various news reports say that anything from 900-1,000 people may have to spend the night under shelter until conditions improve. The Mountain has been plagued by accidents this season with three…

Lifestyle Used To Lure Investors But Nets Full Of Holes

Lincoln Tan, the immigration affairs journalist at the NZ Herald, has again written an excellent series of feature articles for the paper. This time concentrating on a potential growth area for the New Zealand Immigration Service – the Business Investor. In the first article he writes about a recent study to investigate the major draws…

New Zealand Is The “Gunna Country” – updated

“Kiwis must make room for improvement at World Cup” We came across another article raising concerns about New Zealand’s ability to successfully host the Rugby World Cup, this time in the Sydney Morning Herald, where Greg Gowden spoke in less than glowing terms about the way spectators and fellow colleagues were treated as little more…

The New Zealand Pension Rip-Off

Another site has launched recently that may be considered to be essential reading for anyone intending to retire in New Zealand, whether they be a migrant or a returning New Zealander. It’s at NZ Pension Protest.com – and is called  “The New Zealand Pension Rip-Off – How the government confiscates overseas pensions” The author said:…