Comments on: What a “True Kiwi” thinks of Immigrants.

By: Avalon

Avalon — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:27:16 +0000

You dont know me at all. You are ignorant and you ARE racist and you clearly have a huge problem with immigration. Which is not in itself a problem -your dishonesty though is.. You may not see colour ( you do however hear Kiwi accents and somehow think they are British – which is completley wrong) – but you have a huge chip on your shoulder.

I am not a guest in “your” country – I have earned the right to be here – it sure as hell wasnt given by any god. If you have a problem with that – it’s yours to deal with – not mine. I hope you grow up one day and learn some basic humanity and decency.

Yes – there are brits in almost every country in the world – what is your point? There are also Kiwis in all countries of the world. You do know that don’t you?

New Zealand is in pain today – seeing your nasty comment today has really disgusted me, and I hope you are ashamed of yourself. I doubt you will be though

By: mike kerkhove

mike kerkhove — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:52:10 +0000

yes well i have read most of the comments posted on this site which has promted me to make a comment of my own .I am a new zealander be it a white new zealander i like most do not see colour .But what i see particularly of recent is a massive influx of poms who like their predecesors see us as second rate citizens .i see poms running almost all of the senior positions in both local and state government which insults me to the core .You could go back to the days of the treaty the poms who signed this document had no intension of honouring this document .And why the people of New Zealand are paying for this i do not know this document was between the QUEEN in which is stated at almost every chaptor of this document .Personally if you poms come to this country then keep your noses out of our business come as a guest not as a god given right .I cannot stand every voice i hear on TV on the streets in the supermarkets are english and yes if this is allowed to continue the racisim in this country will become terrible every inhabitble part of this planet there are poms .Have any of you asked yourselfs why this is ? could it be because your own country has been destroyed by your hand .And before you say it i am not a racist nor am i against imigration i am against invasion such is how the British empire became what they became .I have never met the person in charge of this blog but i know so much about you and in my mind you are poison to our country

By: Avalon

Avalon — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:19:43 +0000

Hi Nate – I just wanted to apologise for the time it took to moderate your comments – I was still in Sydney and wasn’t online for a few days. New commenters always get stuck in a moderation queue which is why your comments didn’t show up straight away.

By: nate

nate — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:37:08 +0000

i beg to differ Rory im a new zealand born man and i hate new zealand always have from as young as i can remember

By: nate

nate — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:34:32 +0000

hi all
not totally sure whats all going on here there some good points on both side ie nhs in the uk is amazing i jst say ie cos could argue hundreds but wont bother ill say this im a new zealand born man and i hate new zealand and everything about it im stuck here again away from my life and family in the uk becouse of there immigration laws so between the both countrys there are flaws big ones keeping people seperated from thier kids is jst wrong and the situation im in now. ive jst had to fight nz internal affiars to get my pass port renewed becouse ive been away so long i know knowone here there for had no witness to sign my forms and on the other side of it getting my new passport means nowt becouse the uk wont allowe me to be there and work meaning i cant support my family what is one to do new zealand is crap i hateit the uk wont let me live there feel like im in prison for wanting to do right by my family in short ID RATHER BE A NON CITIZN THAN ONE OF NZ OR THE UK HOW IS IT RIGHT THAT GOVT POLICYS BY ANY COUNTRY BASICALLY SENTANCE SOMONE TO A STATE WORSE THAN HELL ON EARTH SIMPLY FOR NOT WANTING ANY PART IN THE COUNTRY THEY ARE BORN IN AND WANTING TO LIVE WITH AND DO RIGHT BY THERE FAMILY

By: mickey

mickey — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:40:55 +0000

We dont have anything to bring to yur Country?
are you HIGH Mate Filoz have done a lot we work hard while other new zealanders just sit there bums out no offense but before you judge other people
especially us immigrants look at all the people around you …

Yourse saying that were destroying your country?
How Dare You!!!!

By: Avalon

Avalon — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:41:16 +0000

Well Rory, you really aren’t showing the best side of Kiwi’s there calling me a “Tosser”. And you are also wrong, whether its wages, the “corrupt” government, racism, crap education, high cost of living there are in fact a LOT of things a LOT of Kiwis dont like about New Zealand,

And no – I haven’t seen an Asian on the road crews, but then Ive not seen any white people on road crews either. Why is that??? But then where I do see Asians is cleaning up after whites and Maoris. Why is that???

Why post the comment – for the same reason Im letting yours through, even though it is just as rude, nasty and ignorant, and just as clearly made to cause trouble: becuase people need to see that not everyone in New Zealand is nice and fluffy,- which is unfortunately what a lot of potential immigrants think. I thought I had explained that – perhaps you just did understand?

And really – your mum paid taxes “unlike a very large amount of immigrants”. You really don’t get that most other immigrants work hard and pay taxes??? They are only worthwhile immigrants if they happen to be your mum??? This is the kind of shitty attitude that people coming here need to be aware of. Mercifully – as you can see from the other comments – its rare, but this kind of ignorance is all around.

Thank you for illustrating the point

By: Rory

Rory — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:02:53 +0000

Avalon you are obviously a tosser, Kiwis leave nz because of better wages, not because they don’t like NZ. Yes some of us don’t like immigration. I like our small population. And that comment you obviously took from America about immigrants doing the jobs Kiwis don’t wanna do?? Ever seen an Asian person on the road works?? I bet you’ve seen a Kiwi cleaning up rubbish on the street though you arrogant little creature. And why post that letter anyway? trying to fuel the fire perhaps? Is it not possible he hates white immigrants too? as Brits can be just as judging of New Zealanders. My mother is an immigrant to this country, but unlike a very large amount of immigrants, she worked and payed taxes and never complained.

By: Avalon

Avalon — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:55:46 +0000

Gosh No Bob, I am certainly not suggesting for a moment that all Kiwi’s hate New Zealand. I am sorry that the way I said it caused offense.

This is something that comes up a lot in discussions over Immigration. I imagine it is the same in most countries – but obviously my own personal experience is based here in NZ. People like “True Kiwi” (and some other Immigrants) believe that if I as a migrant dislike anything at all about the country I moved to – I need to get on a plane and leave.

The problem is here certainly – that the vast majority of people getting on that plane, are Kiwis – not immigrants. ( I Think I have a post here somewhere with the numbers).

About 45,000 immigrants arrive in NZ each year. Most years that just about replaces the Kiwis that have left becuase they they don’t like living in NZ. Not many of that number leaving are Immigrants that hate the place.

I do hope that puts your mind at rest. I have been told so many times, by so many people to bugger off back where I came from becuase I am prepared to say there are things here that concern me. Incidentally – most of them affect everyone here – not just Immigrants. It a stupid suggestion, and ignores the very real problem that Kiwi’s are leaving their country in droves.

You are right to be proud, and I am the last person who would ever condemn you for being Patriotic! Even though I have a Kiwi passport – I will always be English, and I will always miss where I came from, even if Im in no hurry to bugger off back

Hxxx

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:40:52 +0000

While I agree with almost everything you said in that post and am ashamed to be in the same country as that “True Kiwi”, there was one thing you said that that offended me. That was: “Fact is “Friend” – your lot don’t like this place much either”.
What is that supposed to mean? Are you seriously trying to say that no one really likes New Zealand? Because that is ridiculous.
I was born a New Zealander, but I’ve had the privelidge of living in various other coutries over the years. Now that I have returned to New Zealand, I still am proud to call it home.
Perhaps I am overly patriotic and not representitive of society, but I don’t think so. I love my country even though I know it is not perfect and I know that many others do as well, both people who were born here and immigrants who are now New Zealanders themselves.
No country is without problems and every country will contain at least a few morons like our friend here, but that is no excuse for saying something so insulting to an entire nation. I hope that it was just your understandable anger speaking and not an actual belief of yours, or there could be something very worrying going on here.