Ethics Backlash After Private School’s Social Media Experiment Goes Wrong. Badly.

Victim blaming results after parents raise ethics concerns about a school’s social media experiment

Worst Places to be a Child – NZ Ranked 158 out of 165 for Childhood Rights

A European advocacy group has placed New Zealand 158th in a field of 165 countries for children’s rights, putting the country on a par with much of central Africa and Saudi Arabia. The Amsterdam based Kids Rights Foundation and Erasmus University measured five key domains in the 2017 KidsRights Index:- 1. Right to Life: 2.…

Migrant Exploitation: Modern Day Slavery Exposed. “Nobody’s gonna find your dead body in New Zealand”

Three years ago the Human Trafficking Research Coalition commissioned the University of Auckland to study the level of worker exploitation in New Zealand. The report, which has just been made public, exposed the prevalence of exploitation, forced labour, slavery and human trafficking in New Zealand. The research was conducted by the University of Auckland’s Dr…

Double Standards in NZ – Whinging about Kiwi Crims and the Deportation of the Downs Syndrome Teen

Today we’re showing you an excellent example of the double standards New Zealand is renowned for. For the last few months New Zealanders have been carping about the treatment of their criminals in Australia, many of whom are facing deportation for failing the ‘character test’ and languishing in deportation centers while their appeals are heard.…

Pregnant British Immigrant Told to Get Out of New Zealand – updated

A pregnant British immigrant had to leave New Zealand after she was wrongly dismissed from her job and lost her work visa status. Rozalind Jones was made redundant from Palmco Garden ltd, Kerikeri (Facebook page link) in November 2014 and had to leave New Zealand because her work visa was made invalid. Her situation is…