North and South Islands Could Be Renamed

The New Zealand geographic society, the body charged with gazetting place names, have stumbled upon an interesting fact – North and South Island were never officially named.The board said it was going to consult Maori and then put suggestions forward for the public to decide on in 2010. Present Maori names are Te Ika a…

Zion Wildlife Gardens Closed by MAF

MAF has closed Zion Wildlife Gardens – the animal reserve at which keeper Dalu Mncube was mauled to death by a rare white tiger on Wednesday. The Department of Labour has served two health and safety improvement notices on the park, one requiring the park to meet MAF standards for animal enclosures and the other…

Zion Wildlife Gardens Closed by MAF

MAF has closed Zion Wildlife Gardens – the animal reserve at which keeper Dalu Mncube was mauled to death by a rare white tiger on Wednesday. The Department of Labour has served two health and safety improvement notices on the park, one requiring the park to meet MAF standards for animal enclosures and the other…

Armed Robbery At Girls High School

The story couldn’t be sat on any longer and press reports were buzzing today with news of an armed hold up just after the lunch break two days ago (Wednesday, can this be news when it’s already two days old?) at Epsom Girls Grammar School in the centre of Auckland. View Larger Map An Armourguard…