Continuing in our series of migrant tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale is from a Canadian, resident in New Zealand for three years. Here’s his reasons for why he’ll be headed home soon. I’m from Canada, and I’d rather spend a winter there where it’s -20C because…
If you’re thinking about emigrating to Dunedin you may want to give it a miss. Dunedin is rapidly overtaking Auckland as New Zealand’s most unsafe place for women. A 40 year old woman was seriously assaulted at 6 am today in Cutten Street, police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. As usual, police are…
Today we learn that shots were fired at police in Friedlanders Road (Google Street View above). New Zealand’s escalating violent crime continues to be a problem for over-stretched police around the country. Counties Manukau Police said four shots were fired at police in Manurewa about 3.50 on Wednesday morning. While several shots hit the police…
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,…
“Our Health System needs Life Support”is the title of a thread today on Trademe.co.nz. Here’s what caused it The DHB, which covers Otago and Southland, has lost its full accreditation to train doctors and has only been given interim approval. From 30 November, the annual intake of new doctors, fresh from medical school, will begin…
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