British tourist Emily Jordan died whilst river boarding on the Kawarau River on 29 April 2008. In August 2009 Mad Dog River Boarding was prosecuted for health and safety breaches in relation to her death and fined. At the time of the trial her father Chris Jordan asked for an inquest to be held. Shortly…
It was only yesterday that we were saying that there has been a worrying trend in armed robberies in New Zealand over the last year, with many places frequented by the public being targeted. Those comments followed yesterday’s armed hold-up of a tavern in Onehunga. Today we learn that a bank in the township of…
We were shocked to learn that there has been another armed robbery in a business premises. The Trident Tavern in Onehunga was held up at gun point at around 10am this morning. Fortunately, according to a Herald report, the police caught may have already caught the offenders because they are questioning two people in connection…
Unfortunately crimes against tourists in Northland don’t seem to be abating despite the widespread publicity that some recent incidents have attracted. Anke Kuballa, 20, and Marc Busch, 22, bought a touring van for $1,600 in Auckland and were driving it north to Whangarei a month later when the clutch failed. They paid $600 to a…
Those were the words of a Brazilian couple who say they were exposed to a “rain of chemicals” from a helicopter spraying gorse whilst they were tramping the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park, the second largest national park in New Zealand. The 78.4km Heaphy Track is the longest trail in the park and…
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