Well the royal family have landed in New Zealand. They stepped off the plane into the “Wellington gloom” after a foggy start to the day delayed flights in to Windy Welly – one of the world’s white knuckle airports. As you can see, it is a barren, windswept place. Catherine was resplendent in red, sure…
Another sad reminder today that New Zealand continues to be a brutally unsafe place for women and tourists, whilst Christchurch has a hard time living down its reputation as the nation’s murder capital. Until the National led government recently started interfering with reporting requirements by making “procedural changes that wiped thousands of crimes off the…
A ‘severe’ 6.2 magnitude earthquake today caused widespread damage and disruption through much of the southern part of the North Island. Fortunately on this occasion there were no serious casualties or loss of life during the quake or its subsequent aftershocks. Fifteen people have been locked out of their homes (locks were changed to prevent re-entry) after the…
Just in case you missed it in your corner of the world. The above screenshot is from DJ Neill Andrew’s Facebook page, posted on 30 December. Andrews owns Wellington’s Famous nightclub. Guess that’s one to leave off the NZ ‘to do’ list? Absolutely, positively. Other articles about Indian nationals in New Zealand: New Zealand Becoming…
Welcome to the latest in our series of Migrant Tales – hundreds of first hand accounts of real life in New Zealand. This latest tale is mostly about crime, casual violence and the inability of the police to deal with it effectively. It would be fair to say that there is a laissez faire attitude…
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