Te Anau Troubled By Tourist Attacks

Te Anau’s tourism reputation is in danger after a gang of drunken youths assaulted visitors to the town recently. The story was picked up by the Southland Times who reported that Constable Glen Matheson, of Te Anau, said a group of seven visitors was attacked at the skate park on the outskirts of the central…

New Zealand, The Shaky Isles

Whilst the people of devastated Christchurch are still enduring aftershocks, other places in New Zealand have also been shaken by quakes in recent days. In addition to a number of  recent quakes in Wellington there was a 4.9 magnitude shallow quake off Kaikoura yesterday that was widely felt on the east coast of the South…

“There’s A Lot Of Viciousness” In Kaikoura

The darker side of the seaside town of Kaikoura is getting a lot of exposure of late. What with tourists getting hospitalised by marauding mobs, seals being clubbed to death and vacationing US soldiers getting robbed. Now we hear that an immigrant couple, Ms Irvine-Boag 54, and her partner, Tony Neumann, 53 are moving out…

US Soliders Robbed In Kaikoura – Updated

Yes that’s right – Kaikoura, not Kandahar. Kaikoura is a popular seaside town in New Zealand and a setting-off point for whale watching trips. But Kaikoura’s rep has been taking a hit recently, what with visitors getting badly beaten up by mobs on the streets and seals being clubbed to death. Now we hear that…