According to Keith Lynch writing for The Press police had to call for support from the army in quake stricken Christchurch on Saturday night. A number of people went to extraordinary lengths to enter a cordon that had been set-up at the Manchester St-Hereford St corner: “Senior Sergeant Gordon Spite said police arrested seven people…
Another alleged looter has appeared in court in Christchurch following the 4 Sept earthquake and the media are still having to avoid the use of the word ‘looting.’ It seems that a wheelbarrow has become the tool of choice in these raids: From Stuff: A 51-year-old Christchurch woman has ended up in custody after being…
Two news articles that both managed to carefully avoided the use of the ‘L’ word appeared in The Press and the NZ Herald today, both of them using the term ‘crime spree’. 11 days after the 7.1 quake that destroyed large areas of private housing and it looks like reports of looting are still being…
An interesting article in today’s NZ Herald has highlighted the status of teaching in New Zealand, a popular occupation for many immigrants from OCED countries looking for a lifestyle change down under, it seems that the grass is definitely not greener for many of them. An international report shows that NZ teachers are among the…
Ten days since the Christchurch earthquake and looting is still going on in the city. News reports are studiously avoiding the use of the L word (“police staff in the city centre have clamped down on any reports of looting…”) preferring instead to refer to the preying on earthquake victims as ‘burglary.’ A recent report…
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