Update: Since this page was created it has generated a tremendous amount of interest. We’re hoping that this will result in the return of the stolen property. Two days after this article was published the local press finally got to hear about the incident via social media – further evidence that police still aren’t reporting…
Lichfield Street, Christchurch A 20 year old German tourist by the name of Soenke was attacked and robbed in Christchurch after being turned away from a hospital on Friday night. He’d been holidaying in Kaikoura and developed an eye infection. Soenke was taken in an ambulance late at night to Christchurch hospital 2.5 hours away, presumably because…
We’re pleased to report that the police have apprehended the fifth teenager involved in an unprovoked attack on two German tourists in Whakatane. This brings the total haul to a 14, 15, 17 and 18 year old male and a 15 year old girl. Police have opposed bail for all of them and their identities are still…
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.…
A 17 year old youth from Nelson has escaped with just a community sentence after mugging a German tourist: A 17-year-old Nelson youth who robbed a German tourist of an iPod has been sentenced to six months community detention for his part in the crime. Josiah Atutahi Henare was sentenced in the Nelson District Court…
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