New Zealand’s reputation as a safe country took another blow today when six people were arrested in the middle class Auckland suburb of North Shore. According to a report in the NZ Herald neighbours called police after a shot was heard at a premises on Stott Avenue, Birkdale. Police cordoned off the street and A…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale forms the first part of an exciting new series by a guest author. If you have a tale you’d like to share with us please leave your submission in The Agora, along with instructions for how…
This alert was recently published on the Hibiscus Coast’s Facebook group’s page. The daughter of a South African migrant was understandably shaken up after she was stalked by a man driving a white van in Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland. Please be aware if you live in Gulf Harbour ….there is a white van …no markings ..that followed…
A sad symptom of the crime ridden society we live in today was made manifest by the daylight mugging of an elderly woman in the sleepy suburb of Browns Bay. Browns Bay, a residential area very popular with European and Asian immigrants, has suffered its fair share of bank armed hold-ups (e.g. Westpac) but this…
The trial of the man accused of the murder and rape of British immigrant, Jacqueline Blackbourn, got underway at Auckland Crown Court today. The man has already pleaded guilty to a charge of arson. The Crown said in its opening statement that Jacqueline had been raped, strangled and stabbed to death before being set alight…
E2NZ.org 
You must be logged in to post a comment.