Our regular readers may recall that in May we wrote about an elderly gentleman, Rakesh Kumar, who was subjected to a violent attack whilst hosting a dinner party at his home in Hastings, NZ. At the time some NZ news outlets ignored the racist element of the attack on the man and the racist comments…
Julia Gillard took over today as the first female Australian Prime Minister, in a move that has been likened to the rise to power of the first female Kiwi Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley. Shipley ousted Jim Bolger in December 2007, gathering support for her nomination whilst he was away at a Commonwealth Heads of Government…
(scroll down for update) China has issued an advisory to its citizens about crime in Auckland, according to an article written by Lincoln Tan in today’s Herald. It is one of many foreign countries to have issued advisories and warnings about New Zealand, among them Great Britain, The Netherlands and the Philippines. In 2009 the…
Posters on the Trademe boards are this morning discussing a possibly fatal stabbing overnight at Hood street, Ngongotaha. “Not sure if it fatal, I was woken at 4.45 this morning to a big yelling match going on, I thought I heard a gun shot at 5 and a car took off like the clappers. Police…
Another elderly person has been beaten-up in his own home, this time in The Avenues, Tauranga, a town that is popular with retired people. Police were called to the man’s home by a concerned relative. He is thought to be in his 80s, and has serious head injuries. He was taken to hospital today where…
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