Singaporean Tourist Family Held Up in Armed Robbery in Levin

  Singaporean citizens, used to living in a society with a low crime rate, are again advised to be on their guard while vacationing in New Zealand. A Singaporean family has been left traumatized after being confronted by a man wielding a broken bottle in the small township of Levin. The parents and their two…

John Key, Ponytail Puller, Gains Further International Notoriety

  John Key’s abuse of a female hospitality worker has been the subject of an American talk show. John Oliver, also known for his ridicule of Key’s plans to change the NZ flag, has laid into the ‘galloping colonial clot‘  for his aberrant ways. Here’s the YouTube video… And for good measure, here’s Oliver’s earlier…

Kaikoura Rocked by ‘Severe’ Earthquake – Panic

New Zealand’s perilous position on the Pacific Ring of Fire was drawn into sharp focus again today with the news that a 6.3 earthquake had struck near the small tourist village of Kaikoura in the South Island. Kaikoura’s store manager, James Hills, described the chaos in his shop after the quake hit. “Fair bit of…