New Zealand’s growing reputation for violent crime took a turn for the worse today. Armed police shot dead a man who fired-off a high powered rifle at a McDonald’s restaurant in Upper Hutt, Wellington, at around 12.40pm. Video taken by a bystander: At a press conference outside the Upper Hutt police station Wellington District Commander Superintendent…
New Zealand police are being remarkably taciturn after a member of the public discovered a European woman’s body floating in Wellington harbour. The briefest of media statements was released, saying simply A woman’s body was found in Wellington Harbour at about 8pm last night. Police were contacted by a member of the public who saw…
A trip to McDonalds is considered to be an valid educational opportunity for 5-7 year old Wilford school children in the Wellington suburb of Petone. Whilst there is merit in examining the process involved in food production and discussing the effects of an unhealthy diet, the raison d’être for this excursion fails miserably as soon…
Edward Gay in The Herald is telling the story of a graduate who was allegedly told to by the Department of Work and Income ( WINZ) to remove her degree and experience from her CV if she wanted to find short term work. “Work and Income staff told a woman with a university bachelor degree…
Update: The Dom Post is carrying a story today saying “McDonald’s restaurants will receive up to $16,000 a year of taxpayers’ money every time it recruits a beneficiary under a partnership with Work and Income.That’s potentially a $112 million bill for the tax payer. New Zealand already has the world’s greatest number of McDonalds restaurants…
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