Car Bomb In South Auckland, Homes Evacuated

Police are downplaying the significance (perhaps because it took so long for them to respond?) of an explosive device discovered in a car in Otahuhu at 5.30pm yesterday. They cordoned off Princes St East in Otahuhu and evacuated around 50 homes in the Seaside Park-Brady Rd area after being told of a possible bomb in…

Granny, 93, Fights Off Second Home Invader

Staunch Gwendoline Samson should be given an award, the 93 year old grandmother fought off an attacker at her Papakura home, and it wasn’t the first time she’d had the experience either. We’re glad that she’s ok but disgusted that yet another old person has been attacked in their home in ‘safe’ New Zealand, we…

Catherine Peters Manslaughter Trial Starts

The trial of the man accused of the manslaughter of student Catherine Peters started today. Catherine Peters, was an 18 year old student in her first year of a veterinary degree at Massey University. She died in March last year from injuries sustained when she fell 20 metres from the Ballance Bridge in the Manawatu…

O’Brien Told To Riff Raff Off

Richard O’Brien, creator and star of The Rocky Horror Show has been trying to do the time warp again and retire to New Zealand to live out his remaining days, we’re not sure why. O’Brien emigrated to the country with his parents when he was 10 and spent his teenage years in Tauranga and Hamilton,…