A few weeks ago we warned about the NZ government’s latest scheme to attract more migrants to New Zealand by giving them extra points for going to the regions, despite there being very little work available outside the major centres of population. Read: Beware the new points system for “migrants for regions” July 2015… More…
The unemployment situation in New Zealand isn’t really easing if the reports about the rush at the Dunedin store of Bunnings (A DIY Store) is anything to go by. Apparently 1,700 job seekers turned up to apply for 110 jobs, as people sacked in the recession turned up to find work. The Herald says: “The…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Stories: first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. This tale is taken from Expatexposed, a mutual support and advice forum for migrants in New Zealand. Unlike every other migrant forum on the net it is not run for commercial gain and…
Lincoln Tan of the NZ Herald today wrote about a new problem some migrants are having during the recession – not being able to work in their native countries because they’ve given up their citizenship rights to live in New Zealand: “Jobless Asians are barred from work in their native countries because of their NZ…
Today’s New Zealand Herald reports: “Dole numbers worse than expected” “The number of people claiming the unemployment benefit has topped 50,000 – almost three times the 17,710 at the same time last year.” But even those shocking figures hide the real truth about New Zealand’s unemployed, only a fraction of whom are able to receive…
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