Huntly Is A “Dead Beat Town,” Crime “Rampant”

After we wrote our post last week about the rise in violent crimes and robberies in Huntly, a fairly typical Kiwi town in the Waikato, the Waikato Times has today put together an article which reveals that crime is ruining local shops. Some shops have been burgled close to 40 times in the last few…

Local Shop Robbed By Pistol Wielding Youths

The Pricecutter in Bridge Street, Huntly was robbed last night by three bandanna wearing youths brandishing pistols and an iron bar. Various news organisations are running the story today (link link) The robbery took place at around 7:45pm and it looks like a quantity of cash was taken. Police arrested two 18 year old and…