Migrant Stories – "Don’t Move To New Zealand"

Continuing in our series of Migrant Stories: first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. This recent story is from the discussion forum Expatexposed. It tells how grinding penny pinching becomes a way of life in NZ with nothing to compensate it, rather than a short term measure…

Migrant Stories – "Why I think New Zealand is backward" Part II

Yesterday as part our Migrant Stories series we entered an account from a British person, who’d lived in New Zealand and returned to the UK, titled “Why I think New Zealand is backward“. Her post was made on an emigration forum frequented mainly by British people and some New Zealanders. It drew a massive response,…

Migrant Stories – "Why I think NZ is backward"

Continuing our series of first hand migrant accounts from around the net. This post was made on a British expatriate web forum. It was written by a teacher who lived in New Zealand for two years before returning to the UK. “HiSomeone asked me this week in a post how I could describe New Zealand…

Migrant Stories – Making Ends Meet

Continuing our series of Migrant Stories. This well written post was published on an on-line immigration support forum. It’s a not unusual example of how many skilled migrants from Western countries (in this case Britain) find life in New Zealand’s low wage/high house price economy a struggle, despite their very best efforts they cannot find…