Corrupt ex-NZ police officer Gordon Stanley Meyer has received a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket. After plea bargaining he admitted his guilt of corruption and sex offences against women. . Plea bargain for ‘sleazy cop’ The true extent of Meyer’s predatory behaviour in Christchurch will never be known. Because of plea…
Violent crime in New Zealand is coming close second to the prolonged news coverage of the life and death of Nelson Mandela. However, the blanket coverage of the great man hasn’t quite been enough to smother reports of some pretty nasty crime in the last few days. A reminder to us all that New Zealand is not as peaceable…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s story was sent in by a British man who emigrated to Northland as a ‘Brit Cop’ under the NZ First agreement. Despite having 10 years experience of UK policing he was treated as a probationer by…
Have you always thought of New Zealand as a friendly, sleepy country where nothing much ever happens? In this season of peace and goodwill to all men you may be disappointed to hear it was anything but for the New Zealand police force in the run up to Christmas, culminating with two serious assaults on…
It’s been a bad few days for bullying in New Zealand, with the topic very much at the forefront of discussion again. These things have a tendency to go in cycles in New Zealand – they flare up every now and then, get discussed earnestly for a while then get conveniently forgotten about. Bullying is…
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