We’re advising tourists and migrants alike to give Kaikoura a wide berth over the next 18 months or so as the township turns into the NZ equivalent of an Australian “mining camp”. Around 400 workers are due to flood in to the small township (est. pop. 2,080) to start on reconstruction work. “Alcohol fuelled violence…
Here’s something you won’t see mentioned in any international lifestyle survey used to promote New Zealand as an excellent place to live and work in. We’ve all seen those surveys. You know the ones, used by immigration/migrant services organisations, keen to attract you and your dollars to New Zealand. The surveys that Kiwis with easily-managed…
Two recently published Guardian newspaper articles show how down-right weird New Zealand has become. The first quotes Prime Minister Key (famous for his prison soap and ponytail capers) lambasting his fellow countrymen for being lazy stoners. Apparently, thousands of migrants are flooding in (mostly from China and India) while 200,000 locals kick-back and toke-up. The…
New Zealand’s dubious reputation as a ‘safe’ tourist destination took another blow yesterday after an attack on two French tourists. If you’re thinking about a touring holiday our advice is to stick to reputable camp sites and never sleep overnight at the side of the road. The young french couple were asleep in their Toyota…
A week out from Christmas we thought we’d do a round up of the news headlines to see whether there’s a scrap of seasonal goodwill to be found in New Zealand. What we found was that it is pretty bleak in this dismal land… The front page of the Herald website leads with “Car obliterated in crash,…
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