New Zealand police have tweeted that four of their officers have been shot at a property on Onepu Spring Road, Kawerau, Bay of Plenty. Police held a media stand-up to brief the public on developments, saying the “crisis situation” is on-going. Armed seige At least one offender is believed to be holed up in a…
New Zealand’s growing reputation for violent crime took a turn for the worse today. Armed police shot dead a man who fired-off a high powered rifle at a McDonald’s restaurant in Upper Hutt, Wellington, at around 12.40pm. Video taken by a bystander: At a press conference outside the Upper Hutt police station Wellington District Commander Superintendent…
Parents moving to New Zealand looking for a better life for their kids may be surprised to hear that their children are more likely to be exposed to dangers they would not have otherwise experienced. Schools in New Zealand have open campuses with little or no control over who can and can’t enter the school…
Days after two people were found shot to death in a Nelson campsite, and the revelation that New Zealand has one of the highest murder rates in the OECD, a homicide investigation has been launched following the discovery of the bodies of two men in a house in Hokitika. Present reports don’t give any indication…
A few days ago we said that armed robbery must be the fastest growing occupation after staff and customers were threatened at gun point by two men in the ASB Bank in Grey Lynn. Today five more people decided to make a career move. Three of them robbed security guards as they were attending to…
