Following on from our Migrant Tale: Civil Engineer now cleaning ovens in New Zealand we thought this would be a good time to explore further the exploitation of migrant workers in New Zealand. It seems that the National Distribution union has had concerns about this issue for some time and that some degree of fault…
Pike River Mine would’ve been illegal in Australia, or in most first world countries for that matter. Ean Higgins, the old-school Australian journalist vilified in New Zealand for asking “difficult questions” at the Pike River disaster press conferences and called a “tosspot” and “boorish” by Gerry Brownlee, was one of the journalists who managed yesterday…
The Sydney Morning Herald published today a startling interview with historian Gerry Morris, who grew up in a Greymouth mining family and who lost his grandfather in a mining accident near Greymouth in 1940. (For more about Mr Morris’ background read the article here.) Mr Morris was critical of the way the in which the…
One News reported yesterday that the company that owns the Pike River coal mine itself raised concerns about mine safety in New Zealand, according to documents they obtained. A submission by the Pike River Coal company, as part of a review of New Zealand’s mine legislation, said there was a serious shortage of mining inspectors…
Media outlets are reporting on the long awaited release of New Zealand’s Adventure Tourism safety review. The review was instigated after the father of drowned river boarding tourist, Emily Jordan, wrote to John Key calling safety regulation in New Zealand “third world.” The two main outcomes are that there are recommendations that adventure tourism Operators…
E2NZ.org 
You must be logged in to post a comment.