Ethical Human Rights Likely to be Many Children’s and Freedom’s Last Hope in New Zealand.

A reader has sent in this report about New Zealand’s culture of devaluing children. It was written by Anthony Ravlich, chair of the Human Rights Council of New Zealand, reporting on the recent AGM of the Human Rights Foundation in the UK. Ethical human rights, development and globalization could well be freedom’s last hope. Many…

Australians Latest Victims Of Tourist Crime In New Zealand

Following on from our post Tourists Continue To Be Targets For Criminals In New Zealand on 2 December, we’re appalled to hear the news that more tourists have been targetted by New Zealand’s bogan criminals. New Zealand has one of the OECD’s most rapidly widening gaps between rich and poor, unfortuantely crime against tourists is just one manifestation…

Life Not So Sweet For NZ Teachers

An interesting article in today’s NZ Herald has highlighted the status of teaching  in New Zealand, a popular occupation for many immigrants from OCED countries looking for a lifestyle change down under, it seems that the grass is definitely not greener for many of them. An international report shows that NZ teachers are among the…

NZ Not So Great For Kids

Two recent reports have  again highlighted poor health and welfare outcomes for children in New Zealand, with disease patterns that are closer to those of developing countries. If you’re thinking about emigrating to New Zealand and raising kids this may make interesting reading. The Public Health Advisory Committee’s report The Best Start in Life re-iterated…

Search For Kiko – Body Found In Car Boot In Hamilton

The press released the sad news today that a body has been found in the search for missing woman Jiayi Li, 18, also known as Kiko. Kiko went missing 10 days ago and her car was spotted parked in Hamilton hours after police released a photo of it and the registration number. Our deepest sympathies…