Cops Called To NZ Schools 40 Times A Week

Source: NZ HeraldJacqueline Smith “Police are being called to schools about 40 times every week of the academic year to deal with behaviour teachers say they cannot handle. Figures issued under the Official Information Act show officers were called out an average of 1531 times each year from 1998 to deal with violence, drugs or…

British Newspaper Publishes "Suicide Hill" Story

According to the UK’s Telegraph newspaper part of the Omapere sand dunes is known locally as “suicide hill” Source: Telegraph, UK By John Bingham and Paul Chapman “(Thomas Donaldson) died in hospital in Auckland on Wednesday after the “sand duning” accident in the north of the country 10 days ago. Mr Donaldson, from the village…