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…
New Zealand has the highest rate of crystal meth use in the world Yesterday we wrote about lax gun control in New Zealand and exposure of Kiwi children to a firearms culture. Today we’re writing about the perfect storm: a 12 year old boy high on methamphetamine robbing a shop with a rifle, all for…
Now that the tourism season has arrived, and in light of the recent tourist attacks over Christmas, we thought it pertinent to re-vist an article we wrote in from January of this year titled “Bashing tourists now a national pastime?”. It seems that almost a year after writing it New Zealand is still a risky…
Those are not our words but a direct quote from a thread on the Trademe.co.nz forum, a community comprised mostly of New Zealanders. It’s an interesting thought isn’t it, as are some of the replies. But first, here’s how the discussion started, followed by a bit of the background. “Welcome to New Zealand. 100% Violent. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10860674“…
This week on Television New Zealand’s Close Up: “Reporter Jehan Casinader investigates what life is like in one of our toughest towns. Sex for drugs and organised fights – and we’re talking about teenagers. What can be done to help?.” The show hasn’t even aired yet and no one know what the town is, but…
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