Immigrants Caught In Cold Poverty Trap

Our sympathies go out to Tenoch King and her husband, Mark Steadman. The couple emigrated to New Zealand three years ago, Mr Steadman is a relief secondary school teacher from Australia and his American wife is a graduate and is working part time. They bought an old, uninsulated 1914 villa (wooden)  in Port Chalmers* with…

Housing Minister Resigns

Do you remember our post “Allegations of bribery at Housing New Zealand?” on 11 February ?(click here to read it) It ended with the comment “Stand by to see what else comes out of the woodwork over the next few days.” Exactly 2 weeks later the Housing Minister, Phil Heatley,  has announced his resignation which…