Cancer Patients Sent To Australia

Waiting times for radiation therapy in Auckland have become so long that some patients are being sent to Australia for treatment. Readers who know something of the recent history of the NZ health service will know that there has been a dire shortage of radiologists in NZ for quite some time. Source: NZ Herald, Tues…

Bag Snatcher Targetting Women Again

(From a lost post by Luthien) Source: NZ Herald, 9 Sept 2008 “The bust of a major handbag-snatching ring has not stopped thieves from stealing women’s bags in supermarket carparks.Waitemata police recently carried out a series of raids on the homes of men involved in an Auckland-wide gang that was stealing handbags from the front…