An in-depth reading of the TAIC report into the Carterton Hot Air Ballooning tragedy, in which 11 people died has shown that the CAA had received a complaint (ARC or Aviation-related concern) about the capability of deceased pilot Lance Hopping. Furthermore, the incident was dismissed as possibly being not genuine without any record of the…
Update: The British Broadcasting Corporation and the Times UK has also reported on this story, read the reports here New Zealand hot air balloon crash pilot ‘used cannabis’ (BBC) and Pilot in New Zealand air balloon disaster had smoked cannabis (Times) A Transport Investigators’ report has revealed that the pilot in the Carterton Ballooning tragedy had smoked cannabis shortly before the…
Planning a visit to New Zealand and unaware of the high number of serious accidents on its poor roads? though, to be fair its not just the roads that are dangerous, the high number of DUI drivers may be partly to blame. New Zealand has the second highest country in the world for deaths resulting…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by an anonymous American migrant – a highly skilled and sought after professional, the very sort of migrant that New Zealand is eager to attract and retain. This migrant is eager too –…
Our condolences go out this morning to the family of an elderly Chinese couple found dead in the “Art Deco Motor Lodge” in Napier yesterday evening. As yet police are not releasing any details about the circumstances of their death but they were keen to point out the deceased were not tourists: they were said…
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