Migrant Tales – “New Zealanders have got to be the best marketeers in the world! Life is so different compared to how it is portrayed!”

Don’t get taken in by New Zealand’s slick, and very powerful, marketing hype.

Worst Places to be a Child – NZ Ranked 158 out of 165 for Childhood Rights

A European advocacy group has placed New Zealand 158th in a field of 165 countries for children’s rights, putting the country on a par with much of central Africa and Saudi Arabia. The Amsterdam based Kids Rights Foundation and Erasmus University measured five key domains in the 2017 KidsRights Index:- 1. Right to Life: 2.…

New Zealand’s Suicides May be Under Reported by 300%

Today we have the shocking news that suicides may be accurately recorded in New Zealand, and the true figure may be three times higher than the official statistics. The revelation comes at a time when the government has been cutting back on mental health services, and homelessness and child poverty has sky rocketed in New…

Have You Tried Neighbourly? Isolated and Lonely NZ, Kiwis Fare Badly for Social Connectedness

Last week there was an editorial in the ‘new look’ Kaikoura Star inviting readers to jump on a “wee gem” of an app called Neighbourly, presumably to help spread the gospel of New Zealand: book of Kaikoura, and to reinforce those feel good feelings about having to live there. Evidentially, the scenery is not enough.…

New Zealand Government Forces Counselling Service Relationships Aotearoa to Close

The New Zealand government is forcing the counselling service Relationships Aotearoa to close at the end of this week. Government incompetence, drastic cuts in funding and a refusal to provide a helping hand is likely… http://t.co/TEgTXpBJMO #newzealand — Mr Sage (@nzsage) May 25, 2015 7,000 present clients of the not-for-profit organisation, many of them…