Update: The deceased woman has been identified as 41 year old mother of two children, Joanne Marie Pert. Her father Kevin Pert described her as “Super-qualified. She was an accountant and had a medical degree, and was a great sportswoman”. Ms Pert is believed to have once lived in London, she is survived by…
The trial continues of the two youths accused of the murder of small business owner Arun Kumar. Mr Kumar was stabbed three times, once in the neck leaving a mark on his vertebrae, during an armed hold up of his shop in Henderson, West Auckland in June 2014. In June last year we wrote…
Days after a New Zealand politician justified a feral knife culture in NZ schools by saying ‘ boys will be boys’ a priest has been stabbed in a hospital chapel. “A manhunt is on for an attacker who allegedly stabbed a priest at Taranaki Base Hospital. Police say a large number of police are at…
Breaking news this morning NZ time: A person has died in a stabbing during a robbery at the Railside Dairy, Henderson (dairy is a NZ term for a convenience store or corner shop) at 7.30am today. Police have cordoned off the area and conducting a scene investigation. The deceased man is believed to be Mr…
Two Australian tourists were robbed at knife point in Te Puke yesterday only hours after they’d arrived from Melbourne. The attack is just the latest of a number of brazen attacks on visitors to New Zealand who are often seen as easy targets. See other blog posts about tourist attacks in New Zealand and tourist…
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