Trapped In NZ – Father Won’t Let Child Leave

Today we’re re-visiting one of our Migrants Tales with the intention of drawing attention to the plight of the many immigrant single parents and their children who are trapped in New Zealand because their ex-partner refuses to allow their child to leave the country. Very often the wishes of the child are not taken into…

Why We Left New Zealand

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first had accounts of the migrant experience in New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was sent in by a reader and it was first published on Blogspot. The author moved to Christchurch shortly before the deadly February quake, her partner planning to study at…

Rugby World Cup Visitors To Be “Spammed”

Visitors to the New Zealand rugby world cup are to be “spammed” with enticements to come back and live, work or play in New Zealand, according to a report in today’s Dom Post Rugby World Cup visitors will be spammed by the Government in an effort to entice skilled migrants to New Zealand’s “exciting, vibrant…