We’ve heard it many times – migrants have qualifications approved to gain permanent residency and then find NZ employers won’t employ them because they won’t recognise those same qualifications. It’s madness, or perhaps xenophobic protectionism. Here’s an article by David Kemeys in The (North) Shore Times to demonstrate the problem. Mehmet Mohammed has problems. He’s…
From Expatforum.com this post was written recently by a British Canadian woman who’d returned to Canada after a spell in NZ. A good many of the problems she encountered are experienced by other migrants, she is by no means unique. (see Migrant tales from NZ) “My husband and I just left NZ 2 weeks ago…
The question asked on one site was “Name one thing you wish you’d known about BEFORE you moved to NZ“. Most responses covered the familiar issues of poor quality/damp houses, how expensive some things are, how cold it is, foodstuffs, dogs and access to the countryside, plus a number relating to a serious issue that…
Stories about education, and not just from migrants These are all from genuine sources, click on links to see the source: Kids And Schooling“Been here nearly three years now, when we arrived my son who was seven seemed to be a year ahead. But alas, three years latter he has been dragged down to the…
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