Aranui High School, Christchurch Knife Attack

Many times we’ve covered reports of armed invasions and violence in New Zealand’s schools but this is the first time we’ve heard of adult women storming into a school armed with a knife. In a disturbing escalation of school violence, combined with a heightening of aggression in the nation’s young women, we hear that three women allegedly went…

Migrant Tales – Bye Bye NZ

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was published recently on an expat forum. The author is a British woman of retirement age living in Christchurch for the last five years and enduring  repeated earthquakes. Hello everyone expats and…

Burnside High School In Lockdown, Gunman Spotted

Christchurch’s Burnside High School was placed in lockdown at 11 am after a man carrying a firearm was seen in the vicinity. Reports on twitter say that armed police and dogs were moved into the school whilst pupils remained in their classrooms. The Canterbury Star also picked up on the story, adding the following details “The…

Migrant Tale – New Zealand Citizenship May Be A Way Out

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was first published on the forum at Expatexposed.com, a self help and support, not-for-profit forum, for people living in New Zealand. It is the only immigration forum on the…