New Zealand, the country perceived to have the ‘lowest rates of corruption’ has suffered more than $72 million dollars worth of fraud in the first six months of 2010, but that is only the “tip of the iceberg” says KPMG forensics expert Stephen Bell. According to an article on Stuff: Cash-strapped Kiwis bitten by recession…
A nice little feature article appeared in today’s Herald, demonstrating that a vast social divide exists in New Zealand’s supposedly ‘classless society.’ The ever widening gulf between the country’s dirt poor and the wealthy classes has been recognised on an international stage but it remains something that is unlikely to be mentioned next time one…
Our readers know that we often write about adventure tourism related deaths and serious injuries on this blog and a while ago we commented on the death of Paul Woods – A British general surgeon at Dunedin Hospital he died when the jet boat he was a passenger in flipped after hitting a gravel bank in…
Readers may remember one of our Migrants’ Tales – “ A Better Life for the Kids” Written by Steve, he spoke about a widespread and insidious problem within schools in New Zealand – bullying. When his children were bullied at a fee paying school the school’s way of dealing with the problem seemed to be…
An English tourist was mugged by a man who stole her handbag in Gisborne last night, according to The Herald: “The woman briefly struggled with the male robber about 10.30pm on Gladstone Road, between Gray and Cobden Streets, police said. The robber was found in a car about half an hour later by a police…
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