“New Zealand is a wonderful country, but be careful as it’s not so safe”

Those were the words of Swiss tourist Marianne Buttet, quoted in the Northern Advocate after her family’s camping van was stolen from a car park in Whangarei. According to the report, written by Andre Heuber, when Mrs Buttet went to report the theft at the local police station another group of visitors came in and…

Swiss Tourists Assaulted And Racially Abused In Kaitaia

Welcome to Kaitaia We’ve heard that a family of Swiss Tourists were attacked in Kaitaia, Northland in January, as far as we know the story never made it to the national press but it was reported by The Northland Age. Local moteliers Dave and Jay Galbraith have spoken publicly a number of times about the…