Today we heard that the Vietnamese man struck by a loose truck wheel yesterday has died after his life support machine was turned off. Later reports named him as Lam Xuan Hu, a 24-year-old living in Manukau on a student visa. News reports said that he was a passenger on a bus that was hit…
The new national game of ‘Name Suppression – pin the tail on the Ass’, which is very much in the news at the moment, reached the level of a Pythonesque farce when it was revealed that the man accused of attempting to murder a police officer (Jeremy Snow) in Papatoetoe just before Christmas (see blog…
Tough luck if you’re planning to fund a holiday in New Zealand by picking fruit. According to one article in the Nelson Mail orchardists in the region have been inundated with so many requests for work that they’ve been able to pick and chose who they employ. Tourists are likely to get pipped at the…
Today we were reminded that Mia Pusch wasn’t the only German cyclist to have died in New Zealand in the last twelve months. Much the same as Mia, another German national was also killed by a truck and it was moving in the same direction as he was. German tourist Stephan Stoermer had been on…
A Facebook page has been established to remember Mia Pusch, the brilliant, vivacious young German cyclist who tragically died too soon whilst on a cycling holiday in New Zealand. The page may be found here. Her mother Gesa has responded to the many heartfelt messages of support left on the wall and we’d like to…
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