"Is Increased Violence Damaging NZ’s Image Abroad?"

That’s the onging question repeatedly asked of readers of the on-line edition of NZ Herald since January 2008 and there are over 60 pages of replies. The questions received another airing following the attack during the weekend on French rugby player Mathieu Bastareaud. The responses make for interesting reading, here’s a fairly typical selection of…

Karen Aim Murder – A Change of Plea and a Father’s Unanswered Questions

Jahche Broughton (15) who had previously pleaded guilty to the murder of Scottish woman Karen Aim has taken on a new lawyer and has asked to change his plea before sentencing is given out. According to Stuff.co.nz “Legal experts say Broughton’s young age he was 14 at the time of the killing could be used…

British Tourist in Napier Attack is Named

Source: Telegraph, UKBy Paul Chapman in Wellington “A British tourist left fighting for his life in a New Zealand hospital after being assaulted so viciously that police say his attackers’ boot marks were left imprinted on his head and face has been named. Stuart Martin, a 31-year-old from Scotland, is in a coma in Hawke’s…

British Tourist in Napier Attack is Named

Source: Telegraph, UKBy Paul Chapman in Wellington “A British tourist left fighting for his life in a New Zealand hospital after being assaulted so viciously that police say his attackers’ boot marks were left imprinted on his head and face has been named. Stuart Martin, a 31-year-old from Scotland, is in a coma in Hawke’s…