Matewx

Can you believe?http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10575739

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10575739

Tan0410

My goodness...I've been following your 'frustration' thread, saw this an thought you had two announcements

Matewx

Ahah
Not sure how either of us would get pregnant if you see what I mean!! LOL

Anyway, I thought I should touch base with the latest news in NZ and this was the first thread I came accross!

Tan0410

Persephone

Must admit I had to do a bit of a double take when I read the thread name as well... Was wondering how you would explain that to NZIS

teambwr47

I think theres more to the story than maybe the 'headline' says.

This would have a lot to do with the nationality of the people concerned, rules on immigration and citizenship I'd wager. Interesting that both are married 'students' and probably entered NZ as 'students'.

crap coffee

In fact, it's a very cool news.

Better than America - automatic birthright citizenship based on birth on American soil which is ludicrous.

Bellasmum

There sure is.

I am suprised that some of those girls (unattached of course) are choosing to have babies.

The rate of abortions in Auckland 5 years ago went up 150% and the survey showed almost all of the increase came from overseas students.

Govt funding at Middlemore Hospital gets swamped up by non Kiwi residents.

Pregnant PI girls who have never received any pre birth care and untreated diabetics were the biggest costs when I was there.

The babies are malnourished from birth, not usually wanted and end up living with already stretched extended families.

Or Mum ends up on the DPB with a NZ citizen babe and no support.

luvwelly

I don't think someone who is willing to pay their own maternity costs should be kicked out whatever basis they came in on....what are you saying exactly ..that they should be forced to abort whether they want to or not? This is an underpopulated country for goodness sake. If they don;t want 'Asian' babies, then provide contraceptive advice or stop issuing the student visas to this sector...it is totally inhumane to withdraw somneone's right to live here just because they have become pregnant.

This country so oversells itself and cons people by making the visa so hard to get lol.

Luvwelly after 4 unaccustomed glasses of wine!

teambwr47

So if someone 'became' pregnant as a plan to remain here, after entering in the first place as a supposed 'student' when they in fact had little intention to ever see that course out, would that be ok?

I wonder if those Chinese 'students' already have 'one child' under Chinese guidelines and are expecting the 2nd in NZ as 'students'?

luvwelly

I don't care if they are...have you seen the fee levels for overseas students? If you don't want them, don't let them in...since NZ has such a wonderful screening system in the first place, there is no excuse. I would that the UK were so fussy about whom it let in in the first place.

teambwr47

So there's a route to buy your way into NZ after all then.......... certainly cheaper than the business route or passing money from family to family and so on...........

JAJ

Not going to happen since 1.1.06, children born in NZ need an NZ citizen/PR parent to be a citizen by birth.

scrubbedexpat094

The point everyone seems to be missing is the parlous state of the NZ maternity service. It is poorly organised, hugely expensive & extremely inefficient. Midwives like myself are leaving the service (even given the current economic climate) because they are so frustrated with the system & too exhausted to fight it. It's a great shame.

Bellasmum

The beginning of the returmn to GP's as primary service providers Vital.