The Press (see below) has got hold of some ACC figures that show that school based injuries in NZ cost the tax payer $14 million last year and the range of injuries includes some things that seem out of place in what should be relatively safe learning environments for kids: explosions, fires, driving into holes…
The independent New Zealand Institute has ranked New Zealand 5th in a list of 30 OECD countries for its high murder rate according to the Herald: “The murder and manslaughter of about 100 people a year makes New Zealand one of the most violent countries in the developed world, according to a new independent report.…
The day after police minister Judith Collins called police joy rides on Target Road Primary school’s playing fields a “bit of fun” and said she wasn’t concerned by it (See “Collins backs police joyrides at school gala“) a police car has been involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Albany, North Shore. North Shore is the…
As if the death and injury toll isn’t already high enough on New Zealand’s roads! This defies belief and makes a mockery of every road safety campaign ever made, in New Zealand or anywhere else for that matter. What sort of message is driving like this sending out to young people in New Zealand? Someone…
We’ve been holding off commenting on the ridiculous bickering over the distinctly westernised and 21 century depictions of a dejected Joseph and a resigned Mary lying between crisply laundered sheets outside an Auckland church, until now. The boards were supposed make people think about the ‘true’ meaning of Christmas (True? let’s not go there) but…
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