Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. Today’s tale was sent in by Lau, a migrant who has lived in New Zealand for five years. He writes about becoming the victim of assault crime in New Zealand and overly lenient treatment of violent offenders by…
(scroll to bottom for update) The following notification appeared in the Northern Advocate, 11 April 2010 “The Solicitor General is considering whether to appeal the 11-and-a-half year jail term handed down to a Kerikeri teenager convicted of murdering schoolgirl Liberty Templeman. Whangarei Crown prosecutor Mike Smith sent a request to Wellington asking for a possible…
Yesterday we published a Migrant Tale showing one immigrant’s reaction to New Zealand’s poor ratings in the NZ Institute’s ‘State of the Nation’ report and new figures that had just been released showing that the country’s crime figures had sky rocketed. Today we’d like highlight Kiwis’ take on the report and their feelings about where…
The independent New Zealand Institute has ranked New Zealand 5th in a list of 30 OECD countries for its high murder rate according to the Herald: “The murder and manslaughter of about 100 people a year makes New Zealand one of the most violent countries in the developed world, according to a new independent report.…
Theo Kriel was today given a life imprisonment for the murder of Liberty Rose Templeman. He must serve a minimum period of 11.5 years before he can be considered for parole. He must also serve a concurrent sentence of 6 months for indecent assault. Stuff.co.nz had an account of the hearing: “Life imprisonment means just…
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