New Zealand has the highest rate of crystal meth use in the world Yesterday we wrote about lax gun control in New Zealand and exposure of Kiwi children to a firearms culture. Today we’re writing about the perfect storm: a 12 year old boy high on methamphetamine robbing a shop with a rifle, all for…
Last week there was an editorial in the ‘new look’ Kaikoura Star inviting readers to jump on a “wee gem” of an app called Neighbourly, presumably to help spread the gospel of New Zealand: book of Kaikoura, and to reinforce those feel good feelings about having to live there. Evidentially, the scenery is not enough.…
If you’re moving from Europe looking for a better life for your children, give New Zealand a wide berth. The most remote country on earth has been failing its youth for years (our many youth crime and poverty articles are a testament to that) but now poverty among it’s children is becoming officially recognised. Children in…
The latest biennial Sovereign Wellbeing Index has been published, and it’s still not good news for New Zealand, with no improvement since the 2013 survey. It appears the lack of a social life, and an almost negligible sense of community, is affecting people’s wellbeing in the most remote country on earth, something to consider if…
A reminder today that there are 260,000 children are living in poverty in New Zealand and the poorest are worse off than those in Indian slums. Professor Jonathan Boston discussed child poverty and his role as co-chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty: “Child poverty has some very important and serious…
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