Can it really get any worse, what century are we in? Havelock North, the town where up to 3,000 people have been madesick from drinking water contaminated with Campylobacter, was sent a tanker of contaminated water to drink – from the local council. Presumably this is the same council that made the decision not to…
Police are hunting for a rapist and kidnapper who is on the run after breaching his parole conditions. Police are looking for 48-year-old Nigel Robert Gately who went missing from a Christchurch address yesterday. Gately has convictions for rape, assault with intent to commit rape and abduction for sex. He is believed to be wearing…
All Havelock North schools have now closed because of the widespread illness caused by the town’s contaminated water supply. Lucknow School, Te Mata Primary, Havelock North Primary, Havelock North Intermediate and Havelock North High School closed yesterday after an emergency meeting between the e Ministry of Education, principals and board chairmen. The Red Cross…
There’s an old saying that New Zealand is the only third world country where you can drink the water. Despite marketing itself as 100% pure and telling visitors it has ‘world class’ drinking water quality, 20% of people in New Zealand have water that is either ungraded or contaminated and unfit to drink. There are…
A New Zealand judge, Dame Lowell Goddard, has resigned under a cloud from the UK’s child abuse inquiry. There are suggestions that the judge wasn’t up to the task, or as they say in NZ “couldn’t do the hard yards.” Professor Alexis Jay will now lead the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. Jay…
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