Racist Attack On Elderly Indian Man In Hastings

A racist mob yelling “curries” is alleged to have attacked a quiet dinner party of co-workers in Hastings on Saturday night. Diane Joyce in the Dominion Post writes: “Seven men, all employees of dairy and restaurant owner Rakesh Kumar, were having dinner at an Oliphant Rd house when they were startled by banging on the…

Justin Bieber Gets A Kiwi Welcome

Poor Justin Bieber, within minutes of arriving in New Zealand he became a victim of theft – someone stole his hat; then his mama got knocked over! Perhaps someone should’ve warned him about the predators before he left Australia? He wrote on his twitter page “AUSTRALIA…i want to say thank you for the most incredible…

Migrants Changing Names To Get Jobs

Lincoln Tan has written another excellent article about the problems that migrants are having finding work in New Zealand during the present tough economic climate. According to Mr Tan an academic says that businesses often eliminate Asian sounding applicants at a very early stage in the interview selection process. Surely that is racial discrimination?: “Desperate…

Vox Pop “New Zealand Is Turning Into A Really Racist Country”

For anyone wanting to get a feel for good old grass root opinions and issues in New Zealand you can’t go far wrong by logging on to the community message boards at the NZ auction site Trademe. This is a thread that was started on 22 March 2010 and has generated a heated debate on…

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…