Thinking about studying in Palmerston North? until it gets its crime problem sorted out look elsewhere. Our regulars will remember the censorship of Palmerston North’s Wikipedia page to remove all mention of crime because it was putting off professionals from settling in the township. If only it were that easy to remove the criminals…
Continuing in our popular series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was first published on an emigration website, one where contributors risk public humiliation for expressing negative views about their new country, nevertheless some brave souls push on regardless, and occasionally the glimmer of truth…
Are you an international student thinking about studying in New Zealand because you’ve heard it’s a racially tolerant country? Sikh student Rajwinder Singh, studying in Christchurch, received death threats after a picture of him was posted on social media calling him a “terrorist.” In essence he was labelled a terrorist for wearing a turban. You…
Most tourist seasons in New Zealand have a theme. Some years it’s backpacker attacks, some years it’s the ongoing war on freedom campers, but overall the underlying thread is the love hate relationship New Zealand has with tourists, tolerated for nothing more than the wealth they bring and despised simply for being there. This…
The ugly underbelly of Te Anau has again been exposed, a female pilot (with Mainland Aviation College) on an evening out with work colleagues, suffered an horrendous stabbing attack in the toilet of the township’s Moose Bar. In 2011 we reported how the township was gathering a reputation for its tourist attacks after a gang…
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