There’s an interesting thread on the Trademe boards today, it’s concerning the ability of nursing students to pass tests set for them in New Zealand and the requirement for them to pay to re-sit those failed tests. It caught our attention as it ties in with what student nurse Linda Tang said a while ago…
Voxy has published an ACT press release announcing that the Three Strikes Bill is to become law, and not before time (see below) One little known about provision in the bill is that courts will be able to order a life sentence without parole for the worst types of murders, even if the offender has…
A few days ago we published a blog about the road side killing of a young boy in an area of Christchurch infamous for its attraction to ‘boy racers’, or ‘hoons’ as they are called in New Zealand. See Hoon car kills kid – boy racers your time is up But Christchurch isn’t the only…
Napier was buzzing yesterday when parts of the town were closed off following the stabbing of a dairy owner on Latham Street. People on the Trademe boards identified the business as the Vigor Brown Dairy, owned by a Chinese family. The attack came two days after a number of Asian people were held-up at knife…
Much as we’d predicted the “senior public servant” accused of assaulting his 15 year old son has been acquitted, despite three independent witnesses testifying that they’d seen the assault which happened after the boy had stolen money from his mother so that he could run away from home. See our post “Name Suppression V. The…
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