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An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”

 
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An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
The kiwi answered, “ASSHOLESTRALIA”
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There once was an Australian that started work on a ship -at his first port of call he visited a brothel and said to the madam i have one thousand dollars give me the ugliest woman you have and a croc sammich- the madam replied for one thousand you could have the most beautiful woman here and a banquet - the Aussie replied yeah but im homesick
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There once was an Australian that started work on a ship -at his first port of call he visited a brothel and said to the madam i have one thousand dollars give me the ugliest woman you have and a croc sammich- the madam replied for one thousand you could have the most beautiful woman here and a banquet - the Aussie replied yeah but im homesick
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The kiwi answered, “ASSHOLESTRALIA”
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hesright

But OP forgot to add billions of sheep aka girlfriends for the Kiwis. lol
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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Ours.like papua entirety.
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Long live the kiwi
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All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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Would you get a look at the balls on Helen Sinclair up in here
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The kiwi answered, “ASSHOLESTRALIA”
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I was going to say a sheep rape hotel.

About the same thing.
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
A country of fuzzy balls
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They interbreed frequently.
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They interbreed frequently.
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Are you complaining???
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They interbreed frequently.
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Are you complaining???
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Oh no. The results are quite sexy.
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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Kiwis are the refos of Oceania in every way.
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
A gigantic sheep farm?

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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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damn, that joke gets funnier and funnier
as you think about it.


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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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damn, that joke gets funnier and funnier
as you think about it.


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notice how the australians didnt get it
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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Cool it with the anti-maori racism, Callum.
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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Cool it with the anti-maori racism, Callum.
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i am a maori
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
All you hear from fuck wit kiwis is how fucking great it is " back home "
Well if it's sooooo fucking great why the fuck do more of you live here than there ?
P.s nobody like your shitty accent, so shut up and stop talking so loud.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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Cool it with the anti-maori racism, Callum.
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i am a maori
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I see. I'd hate myself too.
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you know what they say, when kiwis move to australia it raises the average i.q. of both countrys, win win i say
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Cool it with the anti-maori racism, Callum.
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i am a maori
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I see. I'd hate myself too.
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lol touche
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Do they behave like Tongans?

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Do they behave like Tongans?


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Tongan mahus
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One in Three Children Living in Poverty in New Zealand

Next time you see one of those surveys that tells you what a great place New Zealand is to raise kids, and how you should move there because its ‘so good for families’ and ‘work life balance’ you may like to look at the truth behind the myth. Things for families aren’t so great in New Zealand, almost a third of its children are living in poverty and that figure includes migrants just like you.

One in three children in New Zealand (305,000) is living in poverty and the figure is growing, as are the number of poverty related diseases says the outgoing Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russel Wills*. He just released the latest Child Poverty Monitor and it says

Children living in households earning below 60 per cent of the median household income after housing costs, have almost doubled from 15 per cent of all children in 1984 to 29 per cent last year. Children hospitalised with poverty-related illnesses more than doubled in the 1990s and have increased further in the recent recession.

“Everything points to things being far tougher than they were 30 years ago. That’s not right in a country like ours and it’s not fair,” said Dr Wills, whose five-year term as Children’s Commissioner ends in June. “Today I’m asking New Zealanders to show they share our concern by spreading the message #itsnotchoice.

If they visit our website they can take part in a selfie campaign and show that we’re all behind the need for things to change for our kids.”
The report predicts most children who are in poverty now would remain so for the rest of their childhood. It also says children in New Zealand are more than twice as likely to be in poverty than those aged 65+.

No doubt emboldened by his departure the Commissioner is taking this message to social media using the hashtag to challenge Government policy. One has to ask why he waited until the end of his 5 year tenure to hold the government to account? Dr Wills says

“The public of New Zealand needs to understand the impact of poverty on children. The better our collective understanding and the more support there is to invest in these kids, the more support governments will have to invest in these children. So that’s the change we want to see.” source [link to www.radionz.co.nz]

Child deaths

New Zealand had an infant mortality rate of just over 4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2012, this is higher than the average of all OECD countries. The rate at which Pasifika children are dying from medical conditions associated with poverty has doubled since 2000, from 5.2 deaths per 100,000 to 10.3 deaths in 2012. Children in the poorest fifth of families are six times more likely to die from medical conditions associated with low income, like respiratory illness, than children in the wealthiest fifth. source [link to www.stuff.co.nz]
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This story was originally published in August 2010 and first appeared on the discussion forum Expatexposed.

A US migrant in New Zealand tells how grinding penny pinching becomes a way of life in NZ with nothing to compensate it, rather than a short term measure to get ahead.

The poster also tells of how carefully ‘Brand New Zealand’ is manipulated to attract people who turn out to be unsuitable migrants.

This is the sort of honesty that seldom gets published about New Zealand, and we’re honored to be able to host it here:

“I am so tired of Kiwis making a virtue of necessity. They should be honest that THAT is what it is – making do on a cute remote island. Nothing more than that. Not an arcane “lifestyle” to be aspired to (cue: clink wineglass of Sauvignon Blanc, look out to blue water, flash impossibly white teeth at partner that you would never see on a Kiwi because most of them don’t do dental).

There’s nothing here to compensate for the forced pennypinching – little opportunity, no rich culture, you can’t easily travel to other places for a change – nothing. The government and migration agencies are dressing New Zealand up and not being honest about what it is really like here – THAT is my biggest gripe.

If you are rich, boaty and/or fetishize nature, you will LOVE it here, and you won’t have to make sacrifices, or the sacrifices may well be worth it. I am not rich, boaty and do not fetishize nature.

I DO wear woolly socks and jumpers inside, and I did that before I came here. I shop secondhand “just because it is sensible”. I make food from scratch. I totally agree – it’s sensible and no less, regardless. I have NEVER had central heating or double-glazed windows in any house I have lived in, though I aspired to such back home where I was able to afford to buy my own house. I used to put thermal plastic sheeting on my windows to keep warm in winter. I will hunt that stuff down for this year in NZ if I haven’t been able to leave by winter. At home, I had a gas furnace (not a standalone heater) and my heating was, under a special distributive program where they spread the money out for winter heating to summer months so you don’t get these big lumps to pay in winter) about 80 a month USD (that’s about, what, 100 NZD?). Just to give you a comparison.

The difference is that back there, I lived this same way and was able to save money and get ahead by being frugal. I could afford better food and I didn’t have to darn big holes in socks. I’d darn a little hole or two and then when the socks persisted in developing more holes, I would give them away to the local animal shelter inside a pillowcase for the animals to use. I had money to travel and visit people.

I’ve lived frugally before – and was able to GET AHEAD by doing so. I was able to save thousands a year doing that. Here, you are FORCED to live that way just to keep your head above water, and you are lucky if you can save anything. Maybe some year upward mobility will pull you into its wake if you can catch the wave at the right time…you can only climb the rungs of the ladder with great difficulty in New Zealand, and just hope you don’t have a setback that sends you back to START. It’s easy to have that happen to you if you have no family here to cushion your setbacks for you.

I do not consider that the people of New Zealand are beneath me. I perceive that they “make do” valiantly with what they have. I have seen them be amazingly creative making good useful things out of nothing. The housewives use everything but the squeal. Jesus, do I have to want to live like that, though? This is admirable, and I’d do it if I had to, but why pay out the nose to do that? Kiwis are both shaped and limited by having to live that way. They don’t have time for intellectual pursuits? Just LIVING here occupies enough of their effort, so ok, it’s understandable (Google “culture of New Zealand”, “anti-intellectualism” if you think I am being a snob). People have crafted the Wiki entry to reflect reality, better, I think, since I came over some years ago, and I think prospective migrants should read it:
[link to en.wikipedia.org] (See below*)
I don’t think you’re aware of how carefully they manipulate Brand New Zealand to attract people who in actuality turn out to be highly unsuitable migrants. That’s where I perceive my fight to be on EE, is representing the reality of New Zealand as I personally experienced it, as one of those unsuitable migrants, so I can prevent other people from making the same mistake I did. It’s the only way I can make lemonade out of my own lemons! That’s why many of the members post here – they are either venting or making sure the downside gets “out there”, hoping that googlers will be able to find and read it through all the net-bombing by “paradise”-mongers who are trying to represent New Zealand as a place that it is NOT.”

*Anti-intellectualism in NZ (Wikipedia)

“Unlike many European countries, but in common with other ‘Anglo’ countries such as Britain, the United States and Australia, New Zealanders do not have a particularly high regard for intellectual activity, particularly if it is more theoretical than practical. This is linked with the idea of ‘kiwi ingenuity’ (see above), which supposes that all problems are better solved by seeing what works than by applying a theory.

This distrust of theory manifested itself in social policy of the early and mid twentieth century, which historian Michael Bassett described as ’socialism without doctrines’: although the policies of the first Labour and other governments pursued traditionally socialist goals, they were not based on any coherent theory. A major break with this tradition came in the 1980s when the fourth Labour and fourth National governments enacted a series of reforms based on free market ideology.

This reinforced many New Zealanders’ distrust of intellectual theory, as many consider that the reforms increased poverty and inequality in New Zealand. Despite the prevailing mood of anti-intellectualism, New Zealand has reasonably high rates of participation in tertiary education and has produced a number of internationally renowned scholars and scientists, including Ernest Rutherford, J.G.A. Pocock and Alan MacDiarmid. It should be noted that both Rutherford and Pocock spent most of their professional lives in Britain. For many years this was a common occurrence, and a consequence both of New Zealanders’ attitudes and the low population which made it hard to support major research.

Attribution

Because New Zealanders often have to relocate to achieve worldwide fame and fortune, New Zealanders are keen to claim famous people as being New Zealanders, however short their residency in New Zealand might have been.

While people born in New Zealand are certainly identified as New Zealanders, those who attended a New Zealand school or resided in New Zealand also qualify, irrespective of national origin. This sometimes leads to famous people and innovations being identified as coming from both New Zealand and another country—such as the pop group Crowded House, the race horse Phar Lap and the actor Russell Crowe, all of whom have been associated with Australia and New Zealand.

Because the measure of New Zealand success was often how well a person did internationally, anything from ‘Overseas’ is seen as holding more cultural capital than the local equivalent, regardless of its quality.

This means that New Zealanders are often lured to the performances of “international acts”. This is exacerbated by New Zealand’s isolation and small population causing it to be skipped by the international tours of all but the most commercially successful musicians and performers. The flipside to this phenomenon is that famous people from overseas can be quickly embraced by New Zealanders if they visit regularly or for an extended period or claim an affinity with the country.”

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[link to www.listener.co.nz]
“We invite them to live here, then set them up for failure. Immigrants and refugees have a tough time settling in New Zealand, and it’s costing them – and us – dearly”

“New Zealand has never been particularly welcoming to immigrants, but a National Business Review-Phillip Fox poll this month suggested that attitudes of ordinary New Zealanders to non-white immigrants are hardening.”

“The requirements for immigration and the requirements for registration [as a teacher] are very different and it’s never been made explicit. So they come here on the basis of their teaching qualifications and can’t register. We suspect it’s the same with other qualifications, particularly those with a registration component, such as engineering.”

Although politicians attack migrants for “taking taxpayers for a ride” by claiming sickness and hardship benefits, a recent Victoria University survey found that a majority of New Zealanders are accepting of immigrants, but they have little to do with them. Those at the bottom of the socioeconomic heap who have most contact with them often perceive them as a threat. Chile was called in recently to sort out a dispute for an African migrant family who bought a house in South Auckland. “The people next door set the dog on the woman of the house and the children have been beaten up.”
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Dave July 25, 2017 at 8:51 pm
I will be very much sincere to anyone reading my frank feelings – NZ is almost like a 3rd world country except that it is mostly inhabited by people of European heritage who are known to have pioneered great strides in world civilization for centuries.
If you don’t do your research quite well, the general Kiwi propaganda about the country may deceive you to make the mistake of coming to this country just as I did. I am an African who had once lived and studied in the UK and I do understand how bad the place I come from looks like. So I am not here to make comparisons of for one unfriendly person that will come and tell me, “Is it better where you come from?. By western standards, NZ is just a shit country. You can reason how bad my continent is. So for me to tell you don’t ever migrate the NZ even as a white European, you should know that there is a form of credence to how poorly run this nation is.
I only came to this country bcos of the domestic tuition fee that international students are allowed to pay when doing a PhD but I now feel that I should not have been here. After the CHC earthquake, Christchurch became devastated though I will admit that the rebuild is gradually going on even though I don’t have any standard to compare the swiftness of the rebuilt process.
Though I live in CHC, I can generally state the the whole of NZ has no efficient public transport system. If you cannot afford to buy a car and only hoping to come to NZ to try your luck for greener pasture especially for citizens of developing countries, you may be lucky but don’t be too optimistic. A small city like CHC doesn’t even have an efficient bus transport routes so you must be able to afford a car for even menial jobs like cleaning – You may also be ripped off trying to get a driver licence or convert yours. The winter in the country can get to sub zero temperature, yet, I can estimate the almost 80% of houses in NZ have no central heating system. When it rains heavily, some houses even experience some sort of water getting into their houses.
Even if you are a qualified professional, reconsider your options if you have a better place to go to. The average salary is low compared to other developed countries yet the system will want to rip everything from you. What I can understand about the government policy is that they are looking for “already made professionals”, yet very unwilling to train their people talk-less of immigrants. What Kiwis want will be for a one IT professional or a medical doctor to migrate to the country and offer his services for even less pay compared to other oecd countries – common sense should tell us that is very unlikely to happen. No wonder the country is continually suffering from brain drain because even when Kiwis take loan to school and qualify for a career, they migrate out of NZ at the slightest opportunity with little hope of paying back (these are not based on statistics but my feelings).

Let me talk about what I will term the immigrant’s perception of justice and fairness. When it come to NZ, simply forget about that. I will just use the latest “New Zealand first policy” to clarify what I mean here. Some years back, UK government tried to bring about policies that will affect intl students. Even though one way or the other the govt had its way, but there was stiff opposition from Universities and Educations against such policies. They may not have succeeded in stopping the policy in totality but you could see a sense of justice for people at the receiving end of unfavourable policies. But here in NZ, I doubt if Kiwis will even rise if the government decides to take immigrants to the gas chamber once they are told that immigrants are taking their jobs. By August, a new policy that will definitely target international students and make NZ less desirable to travel to for studies will be implemented – I am yet to see any strong opposition from University professors.

Racism? There is no need to talk about that so much since if you are not white in NZ, you are very likely to have a form of racism which may not be all that overt but more like institutional racism. I think much of this hate is directed at the Chinese and rich Asian people who are buying over properties that the average Kiwis cannot afford.
NZ fits a very rich person that wants to spend his or her life at the end of the world and can afford overly expensive houses. So if you are not rich, reconsider your plan even if you are a qualified professional. All those propaganda about the scenery of the country is just to get money from you and do not fall for them.

I have a lot to say be just read the above and make good judgement.
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Lauren Alderson April 2, 2017 at 6:34 pm
So this is my first time reading this blog. I thought I was alone. My husband and I came here 6 years ago from uk. We live in Auckland; I’m a hygienist and my hubby works in computers. I graduated the year before we came, so we’re used to living frugally! But not like this. We earn well here, but the house prices have meant we have a huge mortgage, I know that’s our choice, but the rental are so expensive and so shoody that we had to buy. We have 1 son now; he’s three. We simply cannot afford another child. I work 11 hour days and my commute can sometimes be 2 and a half hours a day, one road in one road out!
And I can survive this, just about. But it’s the attitudes I can’t take. For 6 years, all I have heard is how high and mighty English think they are, how better trained they are here in nz; how England is screwed but we’re doing fine down here. They don’t make friends with you. They will tell you that is the friendliest place on earth, but we’ve been invited to 1 birthday party since we came.
And the driving, well, it drives me insane. I really recently had my car totaled on the motorway by a non concentrating, tail gating idiot. After 13 years of driving with not one accident, I now have a totalled car and I have to get a loan to get a new one, cos the insurance sucks here!
So all in all; I’m gloomy. I’m tired of having to buy crap food at high prices, I’m tired of not having friends of being tutted at, at work when I dare to suggest anything different.
im really thinking of going back to the uk. 😟
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Thread: New Zealand is not a normal country
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Re: An AussieHOLE said, “Take away your snow capped mountains, culture, and good food, and what would New Zealand be?”
Wildered Sunsets March 30, 2017 at 12:39 pm
I have seen a few articles pop up on Reddit about the IQ points of NZ children dropping significantly such as this [link to www.nzherald.co.nz] Often people ask migrants why they chose NZ and many of them will say because of the quality education for their children which is obviously a myth because even in high decile schools the atmosphere at school is anti-learning because of the anti-intellectual culture. NZ school environments are not conducive for learning and brighter children often have to be quiet or dumb themselves down to be accepted by their peers to not become victims of Tall Poppy Syndrome. My father asked our Chinese friend if she would consider moving to Australia or NZ from Southeast Asia, I remember her response being not until our children are over 18 because she knew many Chinese families whose children suffered greatly especially from the culture shock, bullying and declining educational standards. It seems education and schooling are greatly declining in terms of their quality all over the world. The only way for children to truly excel and reach their full potential as critical thinkers and future leaders of the world is by homeschooling. Fortunately for people in NZ homeschool is legal.





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