UPDATE: More on the Death of James Patrick Smith – The British Tourist Killed in Queenstown, Inquest Opens.

The Otago Daily Times has published some more on the mysterious death of British man James Patrick Smith in Queenstown, New Zealand who was found at the rear of the Base backpacker hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning. The comments of the manager of Base (who originally “declined to comment”) are rather interesting…

UPDATE: More on the Death of James Patrick Smith – The British Tourist Killed in Queenstown

The Otago Daily Times has published some more on the mysterious death of British man James Patrick Smith in Queenstown, New Zealand who was found at the rear of the Base backpacker hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning. The comments of the manager of Base (who originally “declined to comment”) are rather interesting…

"Is Increased Violence Damaging NZ’s Image Abroad?"

That’s the onging question repeatedly asked of readers of the on-line edition of NZ Herald since January 2008 and there are over 60 pages of replies. The questions received another airing following the attack during the weekend on French rugby player Mathieu Bastareaud. The responses make for interesting reading, here’s a fairly typical selection of…

BNZ Birkenhead Bank Robbery

News of yet another bank robbery in the Auckland region, this time in the North Shore suburb of Birkenhead: “Police are investigating a robbery at Birkenhead BNZ in Auckland early this afternoon. North Shore Police senior sergeant Shanan Gray says police are at the scene and the bank is being secured. Mr Gray could not…