In the week that the NZ government made a surprise announcement about a drop in the rate of reported crime, and murders (note how the manslaughter figures weren’t mentioned) a group of Northland primary school kids took to the streets to protest about crime in their neighbourhood. From the Northern Advocate A youth hikoi through…
In May we wrote about three French tourists, Antonin Schopfer, 27, Guillaume Rey, 26, and Sebastien Vautier, 29 who were beaten and robbed as they camped in Mangamuka, Northland. (See blogs Three French tourists beaten up in Northland Campervan Robbery, French tourists back in Northland to Help Catch Attackers and “Tourists Beaters up Un-Maori“) The…
A group of visitors to Kawakawa’s iconic Hundertwasser toilets got rather more than a ‘traditional Kiwi welcome’ as they visited the facility late Tuesday afternoon. A couple of (local?) thugs decided to beat and rob them. The assault was covered by the Northern Advocate, which said that the group was on a scavenger hunt, for…
Crime in Northland is increasing with 3.5% rise to 17,240 offences in the 12 months to 30 June 2010. The region has one of the highest crime rates in New Zealand. According to an article in the Northern Advocate: In the Far North policing area 6263 crimes were recorded in the 12-month period, a 2.6…
A burglar with 24 previous convictions has been jailed for three years for a string of thefts from tourist vehicles in Whangarei, Northland. Hopefully the streets of Whangarei will be a bit safer for a while now and tourists will be able to regain some of their confidence in the town. During sentencing it emerged…
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