$380 A Week Gets You What?

$380 a week for rent doesn’t get you much. Low quality housing is responsible for the poor health of three quarters of a million people in New Zealand.

Migrant Stories – A British Canadian’s Perspective

From Expatforum.com this post was written recently by a British Canadian woman who’d returned to Canada after a spell in NZ. A good many of the problems she encountered are experienced by other migrants, she is by no means unique. (see Migrant tales from NZ) “My husband and I just left NZ 2 weeks ago…

The Truth Behind the “Happiness Survey”

There’s an interesting article in today’s Dom Post, written by Kelly Burns and Kiran Chug. We’d like to share some of it with you. Many of the issues presented in it are identical to the problems that some migrants have had with New Zealand, especially with regards to money, housing and discrimination. For background to…

Milk Too Expensive, NZ Kids Drink Soda

Expensive Milk Contributed to Health Inequalities “Researchers at the University of Otago Wellington say that the high price of milk and other dairy products over recent years is detrimental to the health of children and has contributed to greater health inequalities in New Zealand. In a wide ranging case study published in Globalisation and Health…

10 NZ Cities & Towns Unlikely To Meet Air Quality Standards By 2013

The Environment Minister Nick Smith admitted Wednesday that 10 NZ cities and towns are unlikely to meet air quality targets by the year 2013, saying that the overwhelming proportion of pollution is caused by home fires, and to a lesser extent vehicles. For the effects of this type of pollution in NZ see NZ’s high…