Continuing in our series of migrant tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by a physiotherapist who emigrated from the states two months ago. A single mom to two teenage daughters she thought New Zealand would be a safe place to raise them, with nice…
If you’re moving from Europe looking for a better life for your children, give New Zealand a wide berth. The most remote country on earth has been failing its youth for years (our many youth crime and poverty articles are a testament to that) but now poverty among it’s children is becoming officially recognised. Children in…
Thinking of emigrating to New Zealand and looking for a better lifestyle? You may be better off staying put and not risk becoming caught in a poverty trap. An article in today’s Stuff highlights how outrageously expensive Auckland has become over the last two years, due mostly to a strong NZ dollar. Living costs have…
John Key is beginning to look like a man out of touch with his country. People living in New Zealand are burdened with spiralling food and petrol costs, both which have been exacerbated by the recent increase in sales tax (GST) and the country is a hair’s breath from officially re-entering recession. As more and…
Our sympathies go out to a young family who lost all their belongings in a house fire and who were then slapped with a $200,000 insurance bill for the damage. The couple, Toni Mita and Ngatoa Ngauru are in their early 20s and have two small children. Caught in a poverty trap and unable to…
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