Melbourne: An Indian national in New Zealand was assaulted, subjected to a racist tirade and told to go back to his own country during a road rage incident in Auckland, a media report said on Monday.
"It really shocked me and after he [left], I was really shaken," Newshub quoted Singh as saying.
"I don't know what to do, it really hurts my heart... The first thing in my mind was that he might hurt me with some weapon."
Another man, Bikramjit Singh, suffered similar abuse last week as he left a Papatoetoe storage facility.
A man who claimed Bikramjit was speeding yelled at him, saying: "Go back to your country - slow down! You know what the speed limit is here."
Bikramjit says he wasn't speeding, is a New Zealand citizen and has lived here for more than a decade.
But those who work with migrants say such discrimination does appear to be increasing.
"We are seeing it much more openly which is a very serious concern," said Anu Kaloti from the Migrant Workers Association.
"I think societies are becoming more and more intolerant, especially since (Donald) Trump was elected President of the US."
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