Road Death Toll Increases

These are the monthly figures for deaths on New Zealand’s roads, there have been 15 deaths so far in August Total deaths on New Zealand’s Roads in 2009 (cumulative, by month)24 Apr – 13220 May – 17322 Jun – 20320 Jul – 23521 Aug – 261 Totals by monthJan – 34Feb – 36Mar – 36Apr…

North Shore Attacks, Trial Starts (updated) – Guilty Pleas Entered

17 AugustIn January of 2008 two particularly brutal and seemingly unprovoked attacks took place in North Shore, Auckland. A young couple Ericka Rancourt, 21, and Oskar Carroll, 25, were minding their own business and quietly walking home in Lake Rd at around 4am on the 15th when they were viciously attacked by a gang of…

Emily Jordan River Boarding Death – Rescue Approach "ill educated"

ODT 20 August “A whitewater sports expert has told a Queenstown court hearing that a rescue rope could have saved the life of a young English woman who drowned while riverboarding in the Kawarau Gorge last year. The belief that ropes and knives could become hazards themselves in white-water situations was “ill-informed and uneducated”, a…

Emily Jordan Riverboarding Death – Boyfriend Critical Of Risks Briefing

Johnathan Armour, Emily Jordan’s boyfriend (see ‘British woman Emily Jordan’s death‘ and ‘Emily Jordan not briefed on how to escape’) today gave evidence via video link from the UK to the court hearing in New Zealand. He criticised the safety briefing given to the couple prior to their river boarding experience, saying if he’d been…

Palmerston North Hammer Attack On Teenager Blake Coleman

19 year old Blake Coleman (photo Manawatu Standard) Source Stuff.co.nz “The phrase “hitting the town to get hammered” has taken on a whole new meaning for a Palmerston North teenager. When Blake Coleman, 19, questioned the ages of a group of young teenagers drinking Woodstocks outside a city bar about midnight on Friday, he was…