Migrant Tales – German Migrant Says She’s Leaving Because NZ Looks Good on the Outside, but the Inside is not Keeping its Promises

Continuing in our very popular Migrant Tales series – hundreds of first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by a German migrant, a pâtisserie chef by training she emigrated to New Zealand with her children expecting a better life. However, her children were bullied, called Nazi pigs…

Migrant Tales – Withered Sunsets’

Welcome to the latest in our very popular Migrant Tales series – hundreds and hundreds of first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was written by “Withered Sunsets” who has a degree in journalism and has lived on three continents. They tell a story of bullying, harassment, abuse and a…

Migrant Tales – The Ex-CIB Officer’s Tale

Continuing in our very popular Migrant Tales series, first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand. Today’s was sent in by a reader. His story is one of the bravest and most well written accounts E2NZ.org has received. If you are a professional about to migrate to New Zealand his tale is compulsory reading.…

Toddler Died from “Extremely Violent Assault”

  The team at E2NZ.org are saddened to learn of the death of 14 month old Christchurch toddler Ihaka Stokes. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and wider whanau. Ihaka died from multiple blunt force fractures in an extremely violent assault, according to police. Detective Inspector Greg Murton said Ihaka’s injuries included several fractured bones and…