Another 100% Pure NZ Fail – Effluent Entering Mangaore Stream

Shot by Ross Campbell. Raw sewage from a council owned treatment works is discharged into the Mangaore Stream which flows into the Manawatu River. Positively third world, or 100% pure? Beaten Up After Filming     A 70-year-old man has been bashed in a late night attack at his home in Horowhenua. Staunch environmentalist John…

Austrian Tourists Mugged in Palmerston North

We’re saddened to hear there’s been another violent robbery perpetrated against tourists in New Zealand, this time in the Palmerston North (read all blogs tagged Palmerston North) A report in gives the Manawatu Standard gives barest details of the attack against two Austrian visitors, one of whom lay bleeding from the head after their campervan was stolen.…