Charlotte Bellis

[Lilith7]

As much as I admire Ms Bellis for doing what she does ("attractive journalist in war-torn country"), she's starting to grind my gears.

She leaves NZ multiple times to ply her trade overseas. Goes to Afghanistan and stays there despite multiple warnings that "Hey, this place might not be safe". She gets worldwide fame for being a mysterious blonde woman that dared to ask a question at a press conference. Gets knocked up by a Belgian and desperately tries to come home except MIQ gets in the way. Whinges publicly, and says how it's unsafe for her to stay in Afghanistan. Government says try applying in a different category for when it's unsafe to stay in a country, and and now she reckons it would be insincere to do that because Afghanistan have been nice to her.


Lady, you can't keep swapping horses in the home straight. Pick one.

Don't let the truth get in the way of your wee derogatory rant will you.
As far as I am aware she left NZ once, back in 2015 after being made redundant by the NZ media and has worked for foreign media since. She didn't get "knocked up" . She fell pregnant to her long time partner, despite having been told years ago that she was incapable of conceiving (not that it is anyone's business). How would you like someone to talk about your daughter in that way?

Well said.

I'd like to see Kiwis overseas who want to come home helped to do so, ( certainly more than they presently are) with priority given to pregnant women & families with small children.