At long last a driving information site has launched in New Zealand, aimed specifically at tourists. Drivesafe.org.nz is a tentative initiative to reduce the horrendous accident and fatality rates suffered by foreign tourists in New Zealand, but pulls its punches. The site should be read in conjunction with travel warnings that some governments are making about…
Our regular readers will know that we often write about New Zealand’s appalling road death toll and of the people who are killed on the roads, especially tourists and other visitors. A while ago we blogged about the tragic death of Stephan Stoermer, one of many cyclists killed every year in New Zealand. Stephan, like…
The NZPA has told the news that charges have been brought in connection with the death of Mia Pusch (right) : “A truck driver has been charged over the death of a German tourist while cycling in the Manawatu. Mia Pusch, 19, who had been backpacking through New Zealand, died on January 5 after being…
Yesterday as part our Migrant Stories series we entered an account from a British person, who’d lived in New Zealand and returned to the UK, titled “Why I think New Zealand is backward“. Her post was made on an emigration forum frequented mainly by British people and some New Zealanders. It drew a massive response,…
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…
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