Migrant Tales – New Migrant Doctor Laments 3rd World Housing, Says So Bad Will Leave NZ.

Welcome to our latest Migrant Tale – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale concerns a topic that is very common among new migrants in New Zealand. Poor housing standards is often the first inkling that honeymoon-stage migrants get that something is wrong with New Zealand. After a while they…

“New Zealand Architecture” or Overpriced Sheds?

Our readers know that New Zealand homes, infamous for being ‘leaky’ cold and damp, are basically overpriced, poorly constructed sheds. Then again, most of our readers come from first world countries where homes are built to last for 80 years plus and are designed and constructed to be able to withstand adverse weather conditions. It’s…