Both the Herald and Stuff today are publishing articles about Kiwis in Australia talking about their shock at NZ’s rip-off food prices. Amazingly, some New Zealand produce is cheaper in Australia than in New Zealand. It makes you wonder who’s getting rich while low income families struggle to make ends meet. New Zealand has more…
New Zealand has the highest rate of crystal meth use in the world Yesterday we wrote about lax gun control in New Zealand and exposure of Kiwi children to a firearms culture. Today we’re writing about the perfect storm: a 12 year old boy high on methamphetamine robbing a shop with a rifle, all for…
Last week there was an editorial in the ‘new look’ Kaikoura Star inviting readers to jump on a “wee gem” of an app called Neighbourly, presumably to help spread the gospel of New Zealand: book of Kaikoura, and to reinforce those feel good feelings about having to live there. Evidentially, the scenery is not enough.…
The latest biennial Sovereign Wellbeing Index has been published, and it’s still not good news for New Zealand, with no improvement since the 2013 survey. It appears the lack of a social life, and an almost negligible sense of community, is affecting people’s wellbeing in the most remote country on earth, something to consider if…
On the day that the NZ Government launched a fresh campaign to rob beneficiaries of their basic human rights (further evidence of the runaway poverty gap the country suffers from) Sovereign life insurance has issued a press release showing that New Zealand fares badly in international standards of wellbeing. In comparison to 22 European countries using…
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