New Zealanders are reminded they have a two-tier justice system which again favours the families of the rich, famous and influential. The name of a teenager caught for drink driving in Gisborne is to be suppressed so as not to embarrass his “prominent leader” father. Furthermore, according to Stuff, he will apply for a discharge without…
New Zealand cricket admitted today that the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU) had been in the country for the past 4 months investigating allegations of match fixing. Edit: After we wrote this post Dylan Cleaver in the NZ Herald said the three players under investigation are allrounder Chris Cairns, bowler Daryl Tuffey and batsman Lou…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by an anonymous American migrant – a highly skilled and sought after professional, the very sort of migrant that New Zealand is eager to attract and retain. This migrant is eager too –…
New Zealand is perceived as being the least corrupt nation on earth, but perception doesn’t always match up to reality. Many of New Zealand’s largest businesses listed on the NZX50 don’t pass some fundamental best practice ethics tests and fraud is rife in smaller businesses, government departments are not immune, nor are universities free from “financial…
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 a response to a thread we started on a NZ forum which has since closed down. The author is a British migrant who returned to a better life in…
E2NZ.org 
You must be logged in to post a comment.