Migrant Tales – Struggling US Physio Says She’s Screwed at Every Turn, Wants to Return to the States

Continuing in our series of migrant tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by a physiotherapist who emigrated from the states two months ago. A single mom to two teenage daughters she thought New Zealand would be a safe place to raise them, with nice…

Property Prices Slump On Plaster Homes Fears

More bad news for Kiwi and immigrant home owners alike today as one newspaper announced that the leaky homes crisis has caused plaster properties to be dumped by the market in Christchurch, driving down prices by as much as $150,000 per house. Millions have been wiped off property prices in the city in a trend…