NZ Immigrants Forced To Live in Third World Conditions

Lincoln Tan, the immigration affairs reporter for the NZ Herald has written about the desperate financial plight of immigrants in New Zealand who have been reduced to living in vehicles. Some can’t even afford campsite fees. And it’s set to become  harder with with a raise in GST to 15% (even on food) and tax…

New Zealand Suffers from a drop off in Tourism

The economic downturn has started to affect tourism in New Zealand with visitor numbers from China down 28.5 % in August compared to the same period last year. Whilst some of this may be attributed to the Olympic games it’s worth noting that over the last 3 months visits were down 21.7%. Much of the…

New Zealand Suffers from a drop off in Tourism

The economic downturn has started to affect tourism in New Zealand with visitor numbers from China down 28.5 % in August compared to the same period last year. Whilst some of this may be attributed to the Olympic games it’s worth noting that over the last 3 months visits were down 21.7%. Much of the…

New Zealand Suffers from a drop off in Tourism

The economic downturn has started to affect tourism in New Zealand with visitor numbers from China down 28.5 % in August compared to the same period last year. Whilst some of this may be attributed to the Olympic games it’s worth noting that over the last 3 months visits were down 21.7%. Much of the…

Economic Suicide

A selection of posting from threads on various expat forums in which people talk about how moving to New Zealand has been like economic suicide for them:This wasn’t supposed to happen“NZ is NOT a bed of roses and nice scenery doesnt pay the bills. There are lots of lovely places in NZ but at the…