AOS Called Out To Great Barrier Kidnapping

As if by proof that no corner of New Zealand is untouched by violent crime, the Armed Offenders Squad was called out to Great Barrier Island after a man was attacked and a woman went missing. According to various reports the man was seriously assaulted with a weapon yesterday and its feared that the 19…

Open Season On Freedom Campers Well Underway In New Zealand

  Well it’s been a glorious start to New Zealand’s first open season for hunters of Freedom Campers. Last February the president of the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association, Dick Waters  issued a second call for freedom campers to be “shot” if they use vans that don’t have their own toilet facilities. Mr Waters, was…

US Soliders Robbed In Kaikoura – Updated

Yes that’s right – Kaikoura, not Kandahar. Kaikoura is a popular seaside town in New Zealand and a setting-off point for whale watching trips. But Kaikoura’s rep has been taking a hit recently, what with visitors getting badly beaten up by mobs on the streets and seals being clubbed to death. Now we hear that…

Honeymoon Couple Lose Precious Photos, No ‘Gold Medal’

A couple honeymooning in Auckland didn’t have the same Gold Medal rapid response that an American rowing team member got just three days later, when they too were burgled hours before leaving New Zealand. British newlyweds Simon and Sabine Greenslade were married in August in Germany and had been honeymooning in New Zealand. At the…