Migrant Tales – American Stuck in NZ. There is no Summer in Wellington

Continuing in our very popular Migrant Tales series – first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by an American stuck in New Zealand. They live in Wellington and say the natural environment is awesome but say they’re shocked by the terrible salaries, abysmal housing stock and the climate…

Another ‘Real Middle Earth moment’ – father and child pulled from car and beaten with baseball bats in Palmerston North. And other crimes…

A reminder today that violent crime continues unabated in most of New Zealand’s small communities, large towns and cities. This is the real middle earth, more Orc than Hobbit. The Manawatu Standard‘s headline: Father and son pulled from ute and attacked with baseball bats in Palmerston North A man and his teenage son were the victims…