4 days after the event the press eventually found out that a young American couple were attacked and robbed in Rotorua on Saturday night. The thugs responsible for the attack – all teenagers (the youngest is 14) have appeared in court over the last two days and the tourists are now safely away from further…
A group of four “international tourists” have been attacked and robbed whilst swimming at Kerosene Creek, near Taupo on Monday night. Their car and a number of possessions were taken during an attack which has left them deeply shaken. Information as to the tourists’ nationality or country of origin seems to have been withheld from…
This is not a comprehensive list by any means but it serves to demonstrate that New Zealand isn’t quite as ‘safe’ as people like to this it is. We think ‘forewarned is forearmed’ and that savvy, streetwise travellers are less likely to become victims of crime in New Zealand. There are numerous urban myths about…
Two Australian tourists were robbed at knife point in Te Puke yesterday only hours after they’d arrived from Melbourne. The attack is just the latest of a number of brazen attacks on visitors to New Zealand who are often seen as easy targets. See other blog posts about tourist attacks in New Zealand and tourist…
The man who raped a French tourist at gunpoint in May (see foot of this link) was found guilty yesterday. Teiro Ngaa Kitai, a scrap metal dealer, pleaded guilty yesterday on three charges of sexually violating the 24 year old experienced traveller who had safely hitched his way through Australia and Canada without incident. The…
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