Carjackings in NZ aren’t unusual by any means* (they’ve been called NZ’s “new home invasion”) but their frequency seems is increasing at an alarming rate. Is it a protracted craze arising from playing a certain type of video game and if so should games like that be banned, or is this just an unwillingness to…
A Canadian tourist, Matt Brazeau, has had his thigh pierced clean through by a Stingray whilst standing in surf after falling out of his canoe near Waitara, near New Plymouth, sometime this week. He told the Taranaki Daily News “I was reaching for the kayak and felt this unbelievable pain through my leg. It was…
British tourist Emily Jordan died whilst river boarding on the Kawarau River on 29 April 2008. In August 2009 Mad Dog River Boarding was prosecuted for health and safety breaches in relation to her death and fined. At the time of the trial her father Chris Jordan asked for an inquest to be held. Shortly…
It was only yesterday that we were saying that there has been a worrying trend in armed robberies in New Zealand over the last year, with many places frequented by the public being targeted. Those comments followed yesterday’s armed hold-up of a tavern in Onehunga. Today we learn that a bank in the township of…
We were shocked to learn that there has been another armed robbery in a business premises. The Trident Tavern in Onehunga was held up at gun point at around 10am this morning. Fortunately, according to a Herald report, the police caught may have already caught the offenders because they are questioning two people in connection…
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