New Zealand A Great Place To Raise Kids?

This cartoon in today’s NZ Herald says it all The Herald has run a series of articles about the effects of poverty. If you’re thinking about emigrating from a first world country please try to read a few. Here’s the links to some of them. Dr says he sees effects of poverty on kids every…

Elderly Woman Mugged At Gunpoint in Brown’s Bay

A sad symptom of the crime ridden society we live in today was made manifest by the daylight mugging of an elderly woman in the sleepy suburb of Browns Bay. Browns Bay, a residential area very popular with European and Asian immigrants, has suffered its fair share of bank armed hold-ups (e.g. Westpac) but this…

Cost of Crime In Palmerston North

Remember our blog, Palmerston North’s Wikipedia Entry Censored? We discussed the curious incident of crime references being edited out of the town’s Wikipedia page because it was putting-off professionals from relocating to the area. We all know that there is an issue with crime in Palmerston North, and its effects are having a big impact on one…

One Answer To Wellington’s Street Violence

Do you recall at the time of Phillip Cottrell’s murder in Wellington that police were at great pains to emphasise what a safe place the city was? They said that street violence was rare in the city. The day after Mr Cottrell died local newspaper, The Dominion Post,  whose offices are feet away from where Mr Cottrell…