Kiwis Struggling Without A Lifeline Across The Ditch

In the third of a three-part series expat Kiwis challenge their second-rate status: Labour Party foreign affairs spokesman Phil Goff goes in to bat with his Australian government counterparts hoping to get a fair reciprocal deal for tax-paying New Zealanders living across the Ditch.

A fresh attack against the discrimination of New Zealanders in Australia will be heard soon in Melbourne, targeting the basis that underpins most of the rules excluding expatriate Kiwis from government support, aid and emergency programmes in the states.