inkedneonurse

Sounds like fun.....I'm in egham

Bo-Jangles

Love this from the comments in the Guardian article.

I think a little test is in order to weed out those who might destabilize our land:

1. What is the name of the Queen’s representative in NZ?
(a) Dame Kiri te Kanawa ONZ DBE AC
(b) The Almighty Richard Hugh McCaw ONZ
(c) Sir Jerry Matapare GNZM QSO KStJ
(d) Donald Duck

2. Which of these are NOT NZ beers though the populace may drink them in a drought?
(a) Pils
(b) Lion Red
(c) Yeastie Boys
(d) Moa

3. How far is Australia from NZ?
(a) 10,000 km
(b) 4,155 km
(c) 130 km
(d) Not bloody far enough

4. Who saw NZ first?
(a) Captain James Cook of Whitby, Yorkshire
(b) Abel Janszoon Tasman of Lutjegast, Netherlands
(c) Vasco da Gama of Sines, Portugal
(d) A canoe full of Polynesians out for a spot of fishing

5. Shrek the Merino is a NZ sheep famous for what?
(a) Performing amazing stunts in a film
(b) Beating Usain Bolt in a race over 100m
(c) Avoiding being caught and shorn for 6 years
(d) Winning a seat in the NZ parliament

6. You go to a NZ chippie for a takeaway. Which of these items would you NOT be able to get?
(a) Tarakihi
(b) Hoki
(c) Paua
(d) European eel

7. Which of the following could be indicted as a war criminal in NZ?
(a) Sid Vicious
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Prince Harry
(d) Felix the Cat

8. Pahiatua is west of
(a) Ekatahuna
(b) Miki Miki
(c) Herbertville
(d) Paraparaumu

9. Which of the following thoroughbreds came from NZ?
(a) Boris’ Folly
(b) Shergar
(c) Phar Lap
(d) Ned the Nag

10. Which NZ wine was a winner at the International Wine Challenge?
(a) Ogod Wot’s Dispissman Pinot Noir 2000
(b) 3 Wooly Sheep Sauvignon Blanc, 2014
(c) Intipalka Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot, 2014
(d) A 600ml bottle of fresh milk from a farm near Waipu

Thank you for your participation in this test. Your answers will be examined within 48 hours and, depending on the result, you will receive one of the following outcomes:

A. Bog off! It’s been a long time since we’ve taken in the cranially disadvantaged.
B. Try next door.
C. Provisional acceptance. You will need to pass a battery of physical challenges including downing a Dominion Breweries Crate of Beer in under 30 minutes, Penning a dozen sheep inside 10 minutes and memorising the NZ national anthem in Maori.
D. You’re in! Start packing!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...it-record-high

Thank you Judith

BEVS

Karma Bo-Jangles

MrsFychan

I was surprised to find that dog groomers are on the skills shortage list?

Charismatic

Some might say bullying those with less limbs than the average person was cruel but I see it as just a bit of 'armless fun.

inkedneonurse

BOOM BOOM

LittleGreyCat

I just answered (d) to everything.

How did I do?

Kotare

The Guardian article(s) was written by an British Expats contributor as I saw something about the price of Cucumbers!!

LauraNotts

I'm not happy with the direction the UK is taking. I think Europe as a whole is taking a sharp step to the right and there is a rise in anti-immigration and anti-ethnic minority feeling that I find incredibly uncomfortable. I will freely admit to being happier down here where it's a lot less toxic and stressed than Europe appears to be from a distance.

I had no great dreams of fleeing when I moved here. I viewed it as an adventure, a chance to see a part of the world I'd never get chance to if I didn't. Do I regret doing that? No not one single bit of it. NZ is increasingly my home and I feel happy here.

I am saddened and upset by the anti emigration/immigration brigade's backlash against those of us who live here from both the Brits back home and the Kiwis who don't seem to realise that we are not here to take from them but like all immigrants are looking to give and participate.

At the end of the day if you move here from the UK to escape the UK you likely won't find it as easy to settle than if you moved here to move here. People do actually move to NZ for NZ itself and that is a valid choice and should be understood and respected.

LoCarb

Immigration is now increasingly used to drive down wages, so not surprising people are unhappy.

Hazelnut

Is there a minimum wage law in NZ? We have one in the UK, thanks to the EU, but horrid profiteers are increasingly taking advantage of vulnerable immigrants, paying them considerably less then charging them for a mattress in a house with way too many residents so they can never afford to go home but end up as modern day slaves instead. It's a big problem where my Dad lives.

LittleGreyCat

So when a firm has to prove that a job cannot be done by an NZ resident one of the reasons is that it doesn't pay enough?

There are Kiwis with the skills who are unemployed but not prepared to work at that wage level?

jmh

A firm has to prove that it has tried to recruit locally first. It may be that no one local applied because of the low wage, and sometimes immigration pick this up and reject the application to bring in immigrants. E.g Truck drivers use to be on the skills list. When immigration took it off haulage company owners complained that they couldn't find drivers locally. The real reason was that they paid so little that people went off and did something else, e.g labouring. One company said it never had a problem recruiting drivers because it paid $10 ph more than anyone else - not surprisingly they had low turnover as well.

LoCarb

There is, it's $15.25 per hour for adults, but who can survive on the minimum wage?

jmh

Yeah happens here too. Often the people running these 'businesses' come from countries where slave labour is common and accepted or ignored by the authorities, so they just repeat the process here. I'm not saying all born and bred kiwis are saints, but it tends to be an imported practice.