New Zealand’s appalling reputation for violent crime took another knock today with the news that a holidaymaker at a Taupo caravan park was been beaten up for making a noise complaint. If you’re thinking about a quiet caravaning holiday in New Zealand you may like to give Taupo a miss… A family vacation came to…
the site of the attack in Whakatane Two reminders this festive season that poverty in New Zealand continues to make it a very unsafe tourism destination. A young German couple, sleeping in their tent in the small town of Whakatane (renowned for its gang activity) were beaten severely and robbed in the early hours of Boxing Day.…
New Zealand hates freedom campers with a vengeance, mostly because of the mess some of them make but there is also resentment because they are perceived to be taking revenue away from established camp sites and other tourism operators. Feelings run so high in New Zealand that Dick Waters, president of the New Zealand Motor…
Update 3 March 2012: For background to the issue of freedom camping in Hapuku read Hapuku Local Damaged Road To Deter Freedom Campers Know any more about this story and the people involved? we’d like to hear from you please leave a message. We’re saddened to hear of another malicious act against camping tourists in New…
The president of the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association, Dick Waters, may have wounded himself in his own foot after issuing another call yesterday for freedom campers to be “shot” if they use vans that don’t have their own toilet facilities. Mr Waters, is reported as having said yesterday that “Messy freedom campers who trundle…
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