Christchurch Rebuild Stalls As Problems Mount

Unless Christchurch’s insurance woes and other problems are sorted out soon there may be a negative  impact on national unemployment. There are already signs that the job market in Canterbury has dropped dramatically and unemployment rates may climb as a result. Our advice to people planning to move to Christchurch is to wait until you…

Japanese Student Attacked In Christcurch – Court Hearing

Back in April we wrote about the Japanese student who was attacked in Christchurch “…The assault, which took place on Lincoln Road late Sunday night, was perpetrated by two people who made allegedly racist remarks to the young woman. They then tried to set their two dogs on her. Fortunately a passer-by came to her…

Greenwash NZ – Alarming “bee colony collapse” in the ‘Greenest’ country on earth. Updated Sept 2015

Sept 2015 update, sent in by a reader: http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/09/08/burts-bees-neonics-and-poisoning-our-food All fruit and vegetable samples (except nectarine and tomato) and 90% of honey samples were detected positive for at least one neonicotinoid; 72% of fruits, 45% of vegetables and 50% of honey samples contained at least two different neonicotinoids in one sample, with imidacloprid having the…

Japanese Student Attacked In Christchurch

A female Japanese student has been subjected to a shocking attack in  in Christchurch over the easter weekend. The assault, which took place on Lincoln Road late Sunday night, was perpetrated by two people who made allegedly racist remarks to the young woman. They then tried to set their two dogs on her. Fortunately a…