Jobs might be available for some 30,000 Filipinos in New Zealand as Christchurch recovers from a devastating magnitude-6.3 earthquake in February last year.

A New Zealand-based Filipino woman was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for her service to the Filipino community, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.

New Zealand, where over 27,000 Filipinos reside, was rated as the world’s friendliest country, based on the HSBC bank’s global “Expat Explorer Survey.”

Last month’s oil spill incident in New Zealand caused by a ship skippered by a Filipino, has given an occasion for Filipinos to demonstrate the bayanihan spirit, even as they continue to make contributions to nation-building there.

Philippine officials in New Zealand lauded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during the the “Filipino Grand Reunion” celebrating Labor Day from October 22 to 24.

Filipinos living in northern New Zealand are facing growing public anger after it was revealed that the ship “Rena” that caused a major oil spill in the city of Tauranga had an all-Filipino crew.

A New Zealand-based Filipina has written a book on her roller-coaster life there for the last three years, hoping that her fellow Filipinos will be inspired to never give up.

Nineteen Filipinos who settled in New Zealand reacquired their Filipino citizenship on the 150th birth anniversary of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal on June 19.

A Filipino community leader in New Zealand brought honor to the Philippines after she was named as one of the awardees of the Queen’s Service Medal there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.

Philippine officials in New Zealand held an on-the-spot essay writing and poster-making contests in time for the 113th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence.