This is not a comprehensive list by any means but it serves to demonstrate that New Zealand isn’t quite as ‘safe’ as people like to this it is. We think ‘forewarned is forearmed’ and that savvy, streetwise travellers are less likely to become victims of crime in New Zealand. There are numerous urban myths about…
From SMH.com.au “A second night of drunken disorder has rocked Dunedin following the arrival of the annual Undie 500 car rally in the city. Again facing off against a mob of about 600 people in North Dunedin’s Castle Street area, police in riot gear used pepper spray to subdue and disperse the hordes throughout Saturday…
Yahoo.nz “Dunedin police were forced to don riot gear and use pepper spray to disperse student mobs during overnight partying after the controversial Undie 500 rally arrived in the city. About 20 were arrested after more than 600 people pelted officers with bottles, bricks and bicycle parts in the student stronghold of North Dunedin. The…
Two Australian tourists were robbed at knife point in Te Puke yesterday only hours after they’d arrived from Melbourne. The attack is just the latest of a number of brazen attacks on visitors to New Zealand who are often seen as easy targets. See other blog posts about tourist attacks in New Zealand and tourist…
from YahooXtraNews 10 Sept 09 “A young Englishman was attacked and robbed when he stopped his car to answer a cellphone call in New Plymouth early today. The 23-year-old man pulled over and got out of his car in Devon Street West about 12.30am to take the call when he was hit from behind. His…
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