Migrant Tales – Irish Construction Workers Beware in Christchurch

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the immigrant experience of New Zealand gathered from locations around the net. Today’s tale follows on from a story from a British plumber which we published yesterday. The following account first appeared on the forum at Expatexposed.com and was written by someone who works in the NZ construction…

Prohibited Items At Rugby World Cup

Thinking about taking your favourite car parts, trumpet, bagpipes, umbrella, fan banner or shirt, mobile phone or bike to the RWC matches? think again. You risk having them confiscated at the gate. In the absence of a national religion the sport of rugby is taken very seriously in New Zealand, where strict regulations are in…

Irish Skyline Operator Broke Back In Fall

Queenstown news paper Mountain Scene reported on Wednesday that an un-named Irish lift operator in his 20s fell from the Skyline chairlift, suffering fractures in his back and a bruised lung. The fall ocurred after scheduled evacuation training went wrong at Skyline Gondola’s Bob’s Peak operation about 9am. The injured man was airlifted to hospital. Read the…