Pub Raid Was Canterbury’s 10th Armed Robbery In 8 Weeks

Canterbury, more specifically Christchurch, is undergoing something of a serious crime wave at the moment with the news this morning that a pub was held-up by two men armed with a gun and a knife last night. The region is now averaging more than one violent armed robbery a week in commercial premises. Patrons at…

Dying Motorcyclist Laughed At As He Lay Dying

One of our readers sent in the link to this story this morning, it’s a shocking example of New Zealand’s culture of brutality and of the callous disregard held by some Kiwis toward  fellow human beings. A few days ago we talked about the film Toby Brennan being shot in Christchurch because the people there…

Flaxmere Teacher Guilty Of Assault

People who read this blog regularly will know that one of the topics we are most concerned about is the culture of brutality in New Zealand, in all its manifest forms. We often write about bullying, both in the workplace and at school; of child abuse, violence in the home, the street and on the…

Kids In New Zealand, The Village Lets Them Down

Can you believe it? parents and caregivers in Whangarei are said to be organising fights between their kids to sort out petty playground squabbles. We know that Michael Laws called the kids in the far north ‘feral‘ but this really is hard to believe. The Northern Advocate reported Police are investigating claims parents have organised…