The ODT is carrying a report about the resignation of the Clinical Leader of its emergency care facility. He’s resigning in protest at proposed staffing levels: “Dr Tim Kerruish resigned as clinical leader yesterday morning after about 15 months in the role, effective immediately, but will stay on as a specialist. His position was “untenable” because of a disagreement…
Local police are collecting evidence after a firearm incident at around 5.15am last Saturday morning in Kaikoura. Police Sargent Barry Hansen said a man pulled a firearm on another man and “chased him round town” he didn’t have any information as to whether the two men were known to each other. Senior constable, Andy Grant, in…
Christchurch’s Burnside High School was placed in lockdown at 11 am after a man carrying a firearm was seen in the vicinity. Reports on twitter say that armed police and dogs were moved into the school whilst pupils remained in their classrooms. The Canterbury Star also picked up on the story, adding the following details “The…
Watch this video about a very personable New Zealand man of Malaysian descent, Yik Kun Heng, who is unable to find a job because of his Chinese sounding name. Racism is the “ugly face of racism in New Zealand today” and kiwis still have a lot to learn about personal race relations” All of his…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was first published on an emigration forum. It is in two parts. It was written by a British woman who divorced her husband after he committed adultery in New Zealand,…
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