First some international Tweets about the on-going Ponytailgate scandal: The PM in trouble for pulling a waitress’s ponytail http://t.co/cJ1gw1hia0 — CNN EXCLUSIVE (@CNN_EXCLUSIVE) April 22, 2015 New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, once again doing his country proud around the world pic.twitter.com/RfbDvMRimQ — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 22, 2015 For the record, the Hip Group,…
From The Guardian… Politicians are routinely upbraided for behaviour befitting a schoolyard, but the New Zealand prime minister has now become embroiled in a controversy that centres, quite literally, on hair-pulling. On Wednesday morning John Key apologised following allegations by an Auckland waitress that he had repeatedly tugged on her ponytail, a pattern of…
Residents of an Auckland suburb are being warned to stay inside due to an ongoing “armed incident.” Police were called to help a woman who said she was being threatened by a man. Police said later she was safe with them near the blockhouse Bay Recreational Reserve. From the NZ Herald’s twitter account #Breaking Armed…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand. This tale was written by a British migrant. I will start this with an apology, as the content of my letter does contain a fair bit of profanity. However, it isn’t written glibly, without meaning, but in fairness…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by an English migrant who arrived in New Zealand in 2007. Hello there everyone. This is my story, I’m writing this as I go, so apologies if it ends up being incredibly…
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