prejudice against the brits

[isle of wighter]

Hello,
My family moved over here when i was 9, and i didnt have any problems, everyone wants to be your mate, because you are differant. I did have to repeat myself alot, apparently pom's talk to fast? The kids will be fine, the stories you hear about prejudice from Maori's are not that bad, and i havent heard of any involving kids. You are going to get the occasional idiot where ever you live, but new zealand is a great place.
Good luck with everything.
Katie

[Fugitive]

At last I can officially back my claim. Below is a link of the violent bullying going on at some schools in Auckland.

School Of Hard Knocks
Girl gangs...kids knocked unconscious in schoolyard attacks...security guards escorting beaten and bullied girls home to protect them from further injury and torment. Police say it's up to the school to sort it out. Sound like some rough neighbourhood school in the worst parts of gangland LA.? Try New Zealand. Girls, and girl gangs, are becoming increasingly violent here - a trend even being noticed in some primary schools.

Tue 22 Apr: School Of Hard Knocks; Ghetto to Godzone; Army Art; Last Laugh | CLOSE UP | ONE NEWS | tvnz.co.nz

[oddball]

Originally Posted by Fugitive

At last I can officially back my claim. Below is a link of the violent bullying going on at some schools in Auckland.



Tue 22 Apr: School Of Hard Knocks; Ghetto to Godzone; Army Art; Last Laugh | CLOSE UP | ONE NEWS | tvnz.co.nz

Do not want to be or sound intrusive , BUT , are you still on this one way rant ? Should things really be this bad for you in the terrible country of New-Zealand i can only make one suggestion , move . Colin .

[ricardo blue]

Originally Posted by masonchard

Hi

Has anybody who has migrated to NZ experienced any prejudice at all from the kiwis or maoris as I have read on another blog that they can be
My children are a bit worried about this as we may be considering a move there
Thanks

Hi Masonchard.....hi guys!

I think your concerns are very sensible and indeed warranted!
We spent some time out there a few years back and my daughter still suffers from nightmares caused by the whole experience.
The bullying at her school was atrocious. At breaks they made her wear the head of a dead pig.....and that was just the teachers!

My wife suffered much the same fate. she could go to the local supermarket for a few pieces and end up getting pelted by handfuls of luncheon meat (which is quite popular a product out there) by the locals.

It ended up so bad that my wife and daughter were forced to dye their Ginger hair brown, which never really worked as it came out a sort of reddish green colour making things even worse.

In the end we had to leave. I was a bit disappointed as the locals had been terrific towards myself. They had been very friendly and had made me feel really welcome the whole time I was there. A few of the guys even through a surprise party for me the night before I was leaving, but the end of the day you can't have people treating your family like that....even if they are ginger!

Hope this is of help,

Ricardo Blue

[isle of wighter]

Hi Ricardo Blue,
I am so sorry your family went through that, please dont think we are all like that. Can i ask what part of the country you were in??? I assume it was the North Island?

[kaz101]

Er anything Ricardo says needs to be taken with a HUGE pinch of salt

Regards,
Karen

[Fugitive]

Whilst on the subject of abuse, here's another one that's tops in NZ :

NationMaster - Rape victims (most recent) by country

DEFINITION: People victimized by sexual assault (as a % of the total population). Data refer to female population only. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

Best seen as a comparison between countries where there is a willingness to report crime. Another factor to consider is the size of the population in the countries that are being compared.

NationMaster - Population (most recent) by country

[alaxe120355]

I am a Maori living in Australia
I have a few points so please bear with me
I know some of my people Maori and Pakehas are so up them selves,
I must admit they need to grow up Some do think the world start at the very top of the north and end at the far south To me I like to apologise for there
hillybilly ways I myself know it was not a easy decision to up home and move so far I my self is proud you choose nz. With the carry on my MPs are running this country I do think we need new blood and new ideas
I moved over here many years ago My own people called us PLASTIC KIWIS
Traitors etc etc We found that so funny. So we call them hillbillies. so funny
We Kiwi use to tease them and tell them nz was another state of Australia
They in turn said nz had 3 island North Island South Island and West Island
which refered to Australia We kiwis living in Aus.Love to fish we lay the bait
and we reel them in You Brits just watch us kiwis living in Aus
Watch us get up there nose back home so funny I could carry on
but serously some of my people need to growup

[familyof5]

Good on ya, we don't all have bad experiences. We love the Kiwis!
There are always good and bad in any race, no matter where you live and as you can see from this thread the Brits have their good and bad too. All I can say is that if you move to another country and you don't like it then move back. You were braver than most to try it but don't torture yourself and become bitter and obsessed.

[Fugitive]

Another very interesting article about Child Abuse.

Scoop: Horror child abuse figures won't fix themselves

"In Opposition, Helen Clark described our sixth placing in worldwide child abuse statistics as shameful. Well, things have got worse, not better under her watch, yet her Government refuses to face facts."

New Zealand is shamed by our child abuse record says UNICEF NZ as UN Global Study on Violence Against Children is released