The NZ press are reporting that women working as prostitutes in the city of Christchurch are complaining about ‘new’ clients robbing, disrespecting and abusing them. The city is undergoing something of a mini boom with an influx of migrant workers helping out with post-earthquake reconstruction. Naturally, where there are lonely men with cash looking for…
Whilst the world’s media has been focusing on the rubble of the Christchurch CBD the story of the inhabitants of the eastern suburbs has gone largely untold and ignored. For 50,000-100,000 people their lives have increasingly become those of refugees. Please read this, written by blogger Peter Hyde, and help to put the message out…
The repercussions of the 4 Sept earthquake in Christchurch and the surrounding area are set to be felt far longer than the multiple smaller quakes that have plagued and scared residents since ‘the big one.’ September earthquakes in & around Christchurch A contributor to the Trademe forum left the following message on Thursday 14 October,…
Today’s Stuff.co.nz is carrying a NZPA article highlighting the plight of a group of Avonside residents who say that, three weeks after the Christchurch 7.1 quake, they feel abandoned by their local council who have left them without basic services. Some say they are living in third world conditions. They feel so aggrieved by the…
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