Migrant Tales – NZ Tertiary Education Sector a Rip-off

Continuing in our popular series of Migrant Tales. Today’s tale was left a message responding to this article Kiwi Kids Nose-Dive in the Education Stakes which was about NZ’s disastrous plunge in the international PISA scores. The author has a broad experience of the tertiary education system in New Zealand and says not only does it…

Migrant Tales – Binge Drinking The Bane Of The Culture And NZ Is A Nation of ‘MJ’ Smokers

Welcome to the next instalment in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was recently published on a commercial emigration forum, it is part of a larger post discussing education and the relative merits of New Zealand compared to the USA.…

Migrant Tales – Victoria University, victims of crime can go to hell

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was first published on a NZ forum which has since closed down. If you are studying as an international student in New Zealand you may find the following story disturbing.…

Migrant Tales – Adele’s Story, Kids Falling Light Years Behind

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was left on this blog by Adele, she tells us how difficult it can be to leave New Zealand after one’s children have been failed by its educational system.…

Migrants Tale – An Insiders View of the Tertiary Education Sector in New Zealand

Continuing in our popular series of Migrants Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. For more Migrants Tales please click on the link in the header above. This account was first published on a closed expat forum. This is one migrant’s experience; his opinion about…