Five Arrested In Kaikoura Mob Attack

Yesterday we mentioned that some arrests had been made following the savage attack on a group of young men who were visiting Kaikoura on a fishing trip on Friday . Today the press is publishing details of the arrests, so far at least five people have been charged out of a group of around thirty…

Drunken Fans Marr Eden Park’s Four Nations

Today’s Herald is reporting that drunken league fans marred last night’s Four Nations match between the Kiwis and Australia at Eden Park, when hails of beer bottles rained on to the pitch. This is but one of the  consequences of selling alcohol in bottles -sooner or later drunk people are going to use them as…

Silent Death Toll In World’s Eighth Happiest Country

New Zealand was recently judged to be the world’s eight happiest country according to Gallap Poll Data that appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. That report highlights just another startling disconnect within New Zealand, which often happens when perceptions don’t marry with hard facts. We wonder to what degree that is caused…