The Press (see below) has got hold of some ACC figures that show that school based injuries in NZ cost the tax payer $14 million last year and the range of injuries includes some things that seem out of place in what should be relatively safe learning environments for kids: explosions, fires, driving into holes…
There is a Facebook page called Poem Online, where the following poem about the North Island town of Whangarei (vision statement: “To be a vibrant, attractive and thriving District by developing sustainable lifestyles based around our unique environment; the envy of New Zealand and recognised world wide.” ) has been published. One line of it…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Stories: first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. For more Migrant Stories click here This tale is taken from an expat forum. The poster, a British tradesman who lives in Northland, has been in New Zealand for more than three years,…
Lincoln Tan has written another excellent article about the problems that migrants are having finding work in New Zealand during the present tough economic climate. According to Mr Tan an academic says that businesses often eliminate Asian sounding applicants at a very early stage in the interview selection process. Surely that is racial discrimination?: “Desperate…
Lincoln Tan of the NZ Herald today wrote about a new problem some migrants are having during the recession – not being able to work in their native countries because they’ve given up their citizenship rights to live in New Zealand: “Jobless Asians are barred from work in their native countries because of their NZ…
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