Recently released police statistics show that crime in Marlborough has hit a 16 year high, with nearly 6000 offences reported last year. Most of the rise has been attributed to the ‘recession,’ according to the district’s acting area commander of police. Fraud and deception increased 78.8 % to 245, offences and assaults were up 14.3…
The Bay Chronicle is carrying a story about a group of teens planning a memorial to murdered British teenager, Liberty Templeman, who died at the hands of a youth in Kerikeri in 2008. “To fundraise for the memorial, they plan to hold a concert on October 16 at The Centre, where Libby performed as a…
A new piece of legislation slipped through, under urgency, into the statute books last month (just in time for the Auckland elections in a few months?)- the Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill removed restrictions on serving police in New Zealand standing for local body elections. Now, if they are elected to local…
A burglar with 24 previous convictions has been jailed for three years for a string of thefts from tourist vehicles in Whangarei, Northland. Hopefully the streets of Whangarei will be a bit safer for a while now and tourists will be able to regain some of their confidence in the town. During sentencing it emerged…
(for ongoing updates to this story click HERE) Remember how the Palmerston North Wikipedia page was censored to remove references to crime because it was making overseas investors and professionals shy away from moving to the town?; and of how gangs are now euphemistically called “groups” in some news reports?; and how no police statistics…
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