“Future Chch likely to be ‘a letdown’ – “all was not entirely well among the people for whom the new city was being built”

Moving to Christchurch to help with the long-winded rebuild (3 years on and the CBD is still in ruins), or maybe you’re emigrating there because you’ve heard it’s a nice place to live? There’s a great article in the Sydney Morning Herald that you should probably take a look at. The link is here http://www.smh.com.au/world/total-rebuild-20140317-34way.html.…

New Zealand Brutal Place for Women and Tourists. Amy Farrall, Niki Honda, Michaela Brandl et al…updated

Another sad reminder today that New Zealand continues to be a brutally unsafe place for women and tourists, whilst Christchurch has a hard time living down its reputation as the nation’s murder capital. Until the National led government recently started interfering with reporting requirements by making “procedural changes that wiped thousands of crimes off the…