Hundreds Paid Less Than The Minimum Wage

Following on from our Migrant Tale: Civil Engineer now cleaning ovens in New Zealand we thought this would be a good time to explore further the exploitation of migrant workers in New Zealand. It seems that the National Distribution union has had concerns about this issue for some time and that some degree of fault…

Migrant Tales – New Zealand Expo, No It Wasn’t

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first had account of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale is taken from a great blog called Movingtonewzealandblog.com and the author tells of his experience of an emigration fair held in Britain on 27 March 2011. We wish the author…

Migrants Tales – 5 Years In NZ And Getting Bored

Continuing in our popular Migrants Tales series – first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale is taken from a British expats forum and is comprised of two posts – one from 2006 and the other five years later. This is an excellent essay on what…

Home!

As part of our Migrant Tales series we have a section dedicated to tales from expats returning home after living in New Zealand. A surprisingly high number of immigrants from western countries move on from New Zealand after a few years and it isn’t as easy pulling up sticks and going home as  you’d  think…