The man who was accused of the sexual assault of two Germans tourists has been acquitted by a NZ jury who thought the women’s attire was to blame. In a case that is reminiscent of Anna Faris being branded a pothead stoner when she spoke out about being harassed on a NZ street (link) women’s…
Kudos to the government initiative that will ban gang insignia from all state premises. This means the gang patch ban will extend to all schools and will take some of the stress off staff who fear reprisals. It also removes the pressure from impressionable kids, it begins to marginalise gang membership in a country where it has become…
Murders. There have been a lot of them recently in New Zealand. Shootings, stabbings, violent deaths with un-named weapons and reports of murder cases where the perps got off scot free. According to a report in the NZ Herald Dramatic spike in violent crime over the past four weeks ties up police resources Police have…
If ever you wanted to see how New Zealand is ‘sold’ to its stakeholders take a look at this article in today’s NZ Herald. Along with a shot of a remarkably mature landscape, New Zealanders are given the feel good gospel that “Americans will soon be able to experience New Zealand’s natural wilderness in their…
New research has been published to show that many New Zealanders are not as happy as those ‘Happiness Indices’ would have you believe (Or maybe they’re happy (hic) for another reason?). Not only is alcohol abuse a significant cause of crime but it also goes some way to explain New Zealand’s shockingly high suicide statistics.…
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