Intruder Strangles Boy’s Pet Dog In Front Of Him

Poor thirteen year old Tyler Corbett-Gaber held his boxer dog Troy as it died in his arms. The dog, who had been trying to defend they boy,  had been strangled by an intruder that broke into their family home in Christchurch on Friday and wrecked the property, leaving it looking like a “war zone”. Our…

Rights Of The Victim V. Rights Of The Accused In New Zealand

or “The Nerds Strike Back”-  Birkenhead Burglars, Burglary in New Zealand; one citizen’s attempt to achieve justice when the law failed him. Why didn’t the police do the investigation work that Dave Crowther did? they could have found and detained the thieves without the embarrassment of  Mr Crowther having to resort to using the internet…

NZ Institute Report Card

Yesterday we published a Migrant Tale showing one immigrant’s  reaction to New Zealand’s poor ratings in the NZ Institute’s ‘State of the Nation’ report and new figures that had just been released showing that the country’s crime figures had sky rocketed. Today we’d like highlight Kiwis’ take on the report and their feelings about where…