The Auckland arrest of billionaire Kim Dotcom, an investor and online piracy facilitator file-sharing host, in his mansion made worldwide news headlines – and cost Kiwi taxpayers at least $70,000. Along with American agents, the New Zealand police had been conducting an investigation into Dotcom’s website Megaupload since August of last year. He and six…
(scroll to bottom to read comment from Moonlight) The Labour party has obtained a cabinet paper that reveals National is planning a raft of changes around immigration that somehow seem to have been ‘left out’ of last month’s briefing to the incoming Minister. Labour’s Immigration spokesperson Darien Fenton has issued a press about it here…
This cartoon in today’s NZ Herald says it all The Herald has run a series of articles about the effects of poverty. If you’re thinking about emigrating from a first world country please try to read a few. Here’s the links to some of them. Dr says he sees effects of poverty on kids every…
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…
Lost among the hype of New Zealand’s recently released 2010 crime figures were some shocking data about child violence. The stats make for grim reading as they come at a time when schoolyard bullying and violent assaults are frequently in the New Zealand news. Police crime statistics showed the number of children under 9 apprehended…
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