An IT Professional Puts His Finger On IT

Continuing in our series of Migrant Stories: first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale is taken from Expatexposed, a self help forum for migrants in New Zealand. In this post a  British skilled IT professional tells of common issues experienced in New Zealand : bullying,…

The Oscars. Avatar, Precious Or Hurt Locker?

And the nominees for Best Picture are: Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers…

NZ Where Kids WILL Be Kids For Longer

But only by a year. Good news from the government today, they want to raise the driving age  from 15 to 16! This may make it a bit more inconvenient for some kids in rural areas to get around, but it’s no harder on them than it was when they were 14. Families will have…