New Zealand’s carefully cultivated image as a ‘safe place’ was exposed as #FakeNews with the revelation that an attempted assassination of the Queen on a royal tour to the country was covered-up. Teenager Christopher John Lewis fired at the Queen at the Otago Museum Reserve. As reported by The Telegraph Nearly four decades on from…
Update 1 April 2017 “Police are seeking a masked man who approached a woman in Christchurch this morning and pointed what is believed to be a firearm at her head. The man approached her from behind about 6am on Riccarton Ave, near the Cricket Oval and pavilions, and pressed something to her head. The woman…
Loud bangs have been heard in Palmerston North on day 2 of the hunt for an armed offender The suburb of Cloverlea has been placed into lockdown, schools and kindergardens closed, as police hunt for Caleb Kovaleski. Police say they would like to speak to anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Caleb Kovaliski.…
Update 26 July 2016: 10th homicide in seven years, third knife attack in a week – is Kaitaia the murder capital of NZ? If you’re looking for violent crime, you can pick any town in New Zealand. It isn’t that hard. Until the National led government started interfering with reporting requirements by making “procedural changes…
We’re beginning to think that the police estimate of 1.1 firearms in circulation in New Zealand may be a little on the conservative side. You may remember a while ago a TV reporter was able to forge a licence and buy a rifle through mail order. Well, gang members don’t even have to be that…
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