Double Standards?

A Rotorua couple applied for a $10,000 loan from Westpac for their ailing business and got a lot more than they asked for! Link:-www.bbc.co.uk They skipped the country at the start of the month with $6 million when Westpac made an ‘clerical error’ and put $10 million in their account by mistake – It’s shocking…

Vivisection and Animal Welfare Standards in New Zealand

Against a background of Swine Flu’s origin in intensive pig farming,  the New Zealand pork industry was again drawn into sharp relief  (see NZ Herald and TVNZ reports) when TVNZ’s ‘Sunday’ programme showed shocking footage of pigs kept in cramped stalls unable to turn round, the long term usage of sow stalls and distressed animals…

Peace Corps Twins Robbed in Christchurch

American Twins Adam and Alex Rahmlow, 21 have lost most of their possessions to a down and out hitchhiker they picked up in the Christchurch suburb of Amberley. The Rahmlows had befriended the man, who said he was from Auckland, and had supported him over athree day period whilst they stayed at a campsite.The hitchhiker,…