Maybe some in Parliament should read this

[mstriumph]

it doesn't speak to me, no ........ but i know it does to many - and there's no doubt that West Australia is a beautiful place to be [if you can disregard the politics and the current lack of rain ....... oh - and the politics ]

[Lias]

Too often highly educated professionals uplift their whole lives to come here with the goal of a better future (sometimes leaving war and strife) only to find their qualifications aren't recognised by the state, and they have none of this fabled "NZ experience". This frankly sucks and more should be done to provide an honest fair representation of what it takes to get ahead as a prospective immigrant to NZ.

The problem is that in many cases, those foreign qualifications arnt fully relevant, or up to the same standards as NZ qualifications.

I think maybe the government needs to make it clearer to potential migrants that they may need to study and retrain here (even with significant RPL) for the qualifications they already have, but I dont think we should be just waving a magic wand and saying that an american qualified lawyer is fit to practice law here, or that a somalian doctor can practice medicine without any checking on their skills to confirm they are up to the required standard.

[Dave Lobster]

i no longer know who or what i am or may be .... am happy just a drifter

Pikey!!

[doc]

Cmon Sniper PATRIOTISM is so yesterday. There is no "I" in team. but there is a "me"[SIZE="2"]Get with the program manSIZE]