BalpeenHammer @ BalpeenHammer @lemmy.nz

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Patch it how?

Looks like you have things planned out well. Good luck. It is easier to get a job offer if you can meet face to face with people that's for sure. Many people don't even look at CVs if the address and the telephone number are not local.

There is a general feeling that chinese people are the reason our houses cost so much. They blame the chinese for their economic woes.

Also most people think Chinese people are rude and greedy and selfish.

There is a significant number of people who believe that if you are of chinese ethnicity you might be an agent of the Chinese government. Maybe a spy, maybe some sort of a agitprop agent, maybe a secret police etc. This is especially true if you have joined any kind of a chinese club or alliance.

Those are the stereotypes you'll have to deal with.

What's the argument for taking such a low cut of the profits?

We are only taxing profits FFS. If you want to avoid taxes invest in your people and equipment. higher salaries == less profits == less taxes

We don't have much of it so squeeze every last bit you can out of it.

It sounds like you would qualify for residency easy enough. You can start the process now, it takes a long time and there is a lot of paperwork to go through. I wouldn't bother with a so called consultant. Just do the calculations on the web site and if you have enough points you should be OK.

Here is a suggestion for you.

See if you can get a work visa first. In your fields you should be able to get offers and once that's done you can get a work visa for two years. During those two years you can file for residency here if you like it.

As a US citizen you can have dual citizenship and can always go back if it doesn't work out.

Healthcare work here is tough, long hours, very low pay compared to the USA and Europe or Australia.

Finally.

Have you considered Australia? More money, more opportunities, friendlier people (but still pretty damned racist towards aboriginals, asians, indians etc).

There is lots of racism in NZ but it's mostly targeted at Maori, Chinese, and Indians (both Fijian and from India). If you are not one of those groups you should be mostly OK. I haven't seen too much hostility towards trans people so you should also be OK in that regard.

Be aware though, this is not an easy place to live. It's expensive as hell here and you'll be shocked at how much you are paying for food, utilities, rent and every day goods like clothes and electronics.

I have talked to countless expats and the number one thing they complain about is how impossible it is to make friends here. Kiwis are polite enough and nice enough for superficial interactions but they won't let you in their inner circles and become friends. Most expats are friends with other expats although not necessarily from the same country. Since you are in a marginal community I think this will be less of a problem for you. I presume the LGBTQ community will be more willing to embrace expats.

Having said all that I still think this is a great place to live. Just go into it with open eyes. Prepare well, bring in a shit ton of money and all your goods. You will regret not bringing something when you try to replace it and it costs triple what you paid for it.

This all sounds like "shut up and take it bitch" to me.

After subjecting them to a lifetime of racism you don't think the victims should be able to act the same (not escalation, just acting like the pakeha do). An immediately a cry goes out and hands start wringing about what the future will look like if everybody did the same thing pakeha have done to the Maori (and others) for the last century.

Why do the minorities have to turn the other cheek and smacked with the hammer over and over again? Why can't the pakeha de escalate and turn the other cheek and shut up and take it?

This is not about insecurities. This is about suffering material and health related consequences of racism for a lifetime and then finally when you have the chance to make one small gesture making it and then getting shit on by an entire nation who believes the only beneficiary of racism should be them.

I haven't tried those yet. I'll get some the next time.

I like them plain. I also like crisps plain and ideally low salt and not so greasy.

The OP is saying there is no racism. I am saying we accept that fact there is deep and intense racism which runs to the core of our culture and that all efforts to ease it have failed. These people have come to the same realisation and decided to go ahead and practice it the same way it was practiced against them.

There is no other choice really. It's not like people are going to stop being racist tonight and treat everybody fairly. Why even pretend the world is fair.

corn chips should taste like corn.

Maybe their goal isn’t to end racism but to say “if you get you to be racist to benefit your kind why can’t we”

You know they aren't going to do shit. They are just going to wait until one of the ships stops working and then give one of their funders a huge contract to provide the replacement until it gets fixed which will of course never happen.

I know your reflex is to spew hatred towards labour and blame them for everything but the problem is really with you and people like you.

The public is the blame for their opinions and actions. The fact is that the public actually supports and enjoys everything National is doing. They want to hurt the poor, they want to hurt the Maori, they want to hurt immigrants, they want privatised healthcare and education system.

The country is going to shit because the decent people have left the country. What remains are the dregs.

Disgusting habit. Stop pushing this nonsense on us.

Just to follow up with you.

So far the counterfeit pants have been holding up great. My genuine addidas pants have all suffered from pilling but this one hasn't yet. Let's see what happens in another month.

Google "starve the beast" strategy.