Chinese And New Zealand Defence Forces In Military Pact

New Zealand and China have strengthened their relationship beyond the boundaries of free trade agreements and are now working together on defence issues, further strengthening ties between them. Just how the arrangement will sit with Australia’s nearest neighbours is unclear but this arrangement with China does seem to get little or no coverage within New…

Ministerial Credit Card Rort

Emigrants from countries whose MPs have been involved with ‘expenses’ irregularities may be surprised that ‘low crime, corruption free’ New Zealand also has a number of trough feeders. If you thought duck houses was bad how about visits to the Taj Mahal, porn and chocolate, massages and flowers? all funded by the hard pressed  NZ…

Car Bomb In South Auckland, Homes Evacuated

Police are downplaying the significance (perhaps because it took so long for them to respond?) of an explosive device discovered in a car in Otahuhu at 5.30pm yesterday. They cordoned off Princes St East in Otahuhu and evacuated around 50 homes in the Seaside Park-Brady Rd area after being told of a possible bomb in…

Granny, 93, Fights Off Second Home Invader

Staunch Gwendoline Samson should be given an award, the 93 year old grandmother fought off an attacker at her Papakura home, and it wasn’t the first time she’d had the experience either. We’re glad that she’s ok but disgusted that yet another old person has been attacked in their home in ‘safe’ New Zealand, we…