Top of the Lake, THIS Is The New Zealand Lifestyle

Top of the Lake, reality becomes fantasy in New Zealand.

Armed Offenders Squad See Action in North Shore Shooting, Six Arrests

New Zealand’s reputation as a safe country took another blow today when six people were arrested in the middle class Auckland suburb of North Shore. According to a report in the NZ Herald neighbours called police after a shot was heard at a premises on Stott Avenue, Birkdale. Police cordoned off the street and A…

Violent New Zealand – Lifestyle Block Homicide North Of Auckland

Above: Rodeo Drive, Redvale New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to live. especially for women, took another knock today when police announced they are treating the death of a young woman north of Auckland as a homicide. According to press reports the body of a woman was found at a lifestyle-block property on Rodeo…

Violent New Zealand – Cricketer Jesse Ryder In Coma With Skull Fracture, updated

New Zealand’s carefully honed image of being a safe country has taken another blow after the savage beating of cricketer Jesse Ryder. Ryder was left with a fractured skull, punctured lung and internal bleeding after a frenzied attack by four men on a Christchurch street. Ryder was due to fly out tomorrow to start a $NZ300,000 contract…

Top of the Lake, The New Zealand Lifestyle Writ Large

Earlier this year we blogged about the UKTV/BBC mini series Top of the Lake, filmed in and around Queenstown and Lake Moke, directed by Jane Campion and Garth Davis the series co-stars Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan and Lucy Lawless. In the land where fantasy has officially become reality it’s good to see a show which presents Zealand…