Authorities have been keen to downplay yet another helicopter crash involving overseas tourists, following the death of six tourists at Fox Glacier just 10 days ago. Helicopters are now said to make “heavy landings” when they crash in New Zealand. Three overseas tourists and their pilot had to be rescued from the summit of Mount…
Since a law change in Australia last year hundreds of Kiwi Criminals have had their visas cancelled and deported back to New Zealand, with potentially thousands more to follow. One of the deportees sent home in disgrace from Australia last month was arrested in Hamilton and appeared in court this morning charged with burglary. Hamilton…
New Zealand’s reputation as an unsafe tourism destination grew again with the recent deaths of four British and two Australian tourists in a helicopter crash over the Fox Glacier. The downed helicopter is wedged in a glacier at the base of a steep slope. The large size of the debris field, and scorch marks in the…
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of seven people in an adventure tourism helicopter crash in “terrible weather conditions” in New Zealand. Our deepest condolences are extended to everyone who lost loved ones in the Alpine Adventures crash. Four British and two Australian tourists were killed at around 1…
New Zealand police say they have recovered the body of a man from a hot pool at Kuirau Park, opposite Rotorua hospital on Ranolf Street. The body was spotted by a tourist who notified the police yesterday afternoon. Our regular readers may recall that Kuirau Park is an open stretch of municipal parkland containing geothermal mud pools surrounded…
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