There's around fourteen months until New Zealand's next election and she's juggling a number of issues and fending off missiles as her teflon suit wears thin. Immigration has been a hottie to date... Leanne Dalziel was the Minister in charge of it but Helen, on firing her, had to admit Dalziel had been "economic with the truth". The magnifying glass is on immigration within government and is played like a fiddle by Winston Peters to capture votes from the blue rinse set. There's many aspects to the troubles the issue is going thru at present and Xao Helen is quite aware that it's an election issue. To compound it, we have skills shortages, which, in many cases can only be resolved by immigrants moving here.
She'll love being in the spotlight but she's smart enough to know that she's not only standing on Israel's toes with this one.
As for the mobility of passport holders travelling the world on Kiwi or other passports, that's been the case since Adam played line backer for the... should I say "Israelites" - maybe not on this thread.
<< As for the mobility of passport holders travelling the world on Kiwi or other passports, that's been the case since Adam played line backer for the... should I say "Israelites" - maybe not on this thread. >>
Perhaps since Pontious was an Alitalia Pilot?
It infuriates me that so many countries think that Muslim immigrants will be the answer to their problems.