Migrant Tales – Why We’re Leaving. If New Zealand offered a “great lifestyle” the place would have filled to the brim a long time ago

Continuing in our popular series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was compiled from comments left on a commerical, British, pro-NZ forum. As with many emigration forums it is funded by the promotion of emigration related businesses. These are not the sort of places where…

Violent NZ – Another Small Business Owner Stabbed

Our thoughts are with the Auckland businessman who became the victim of a stabbing during the robbery of his Auckland superette this afternoon.   The incident happened at Redhill Superette on Dominion Road about 1.30pm, Inspector Andy Brill of northern police communications said. Three people entered the store and stole some items, during the incident the shopkeeper’s hand was…

Racism in New Zealand’s Universities – I, Too, Am Auckland

  Harvard’s successful I, Too, Am Harvard Tumblr campaign highlighted the faces and voices of black students at Harvard College, and its now been an inspiration students across the globe, including a group at Auckland university… “I, Too, Am Auckland” is a student-based initiative at The University of Auckland. This video explores experiences and perspective…

“Who can trust John Key?” and the TPPA

Thinking of emigrating to New Zealand? Are you happy to live in a country whose government has been criticized on the world stage for being neo-liberalist in its ideologies, drifting casually toward Fascism. Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian international lawyer of the law firm Amsterdam & Partners, has written a very incisive article about Prime Minister…