We all know that New Zealand has a widespread and deeply damaging problem with drugs, some of you may also know that it has the dubious honour of having the highest rate of cannabis users in the OECD and the third highest rate of Amphetamine use. The international press has just picked up on the…
Parents moving to New Zealand looking for a better life for their kids may be surprised to hear that their children are more likely to be exposed to dangers they would not have otherwise experienced. Schools in New Zealand have open campuses with little or no control over who can and can’t enter the school…
Yesterday as part our Migrant Stories series we entered an account from a British person, who’d lived in New Zealand and returned to the UK, titled “Why I think New Zealand is backward“. Her post was made on an emigration forum frequented mainly by British people and some New Zealanders. It drew a massive response,…
By Tina Law and Tanya Katterns – The Press A growing number of Christchurch pupils are struggling to deal with Mondays after binge drinking at the weekend, a top police officer says. Canterbury police district youth services co-ordinator Senior Sergeant John Robinson said yesterday that 15 and 16-year-olds were appearing in the Youth Court…
Or so goes the headline in a statement issued by ADAC ltd. The quote is allegedly attributed to the mayor of Auckland John Banks after the council failed in its efforts to make most suburban bars close by midnight. “NZ is a nation of drunks”, says Auckland’s mayor, John Banks after withdrawing proposed bylaw changes…
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