Another Bomb In New Zealand

Another improvised explosive device was found today, this time in Taupo. It follows a car bomb left in a Otahuhu street in South Auckland a week ago. Police are very cagey about releasing details for either incident. This time the IED was left in a 1080 depot in Broadlands Road, Taupo and was found when…

Alistair McWhannell Guilty Of Manslaughter In Swing Bridge Death

In what must be a landmark decision in adventure tourism in New Zealand company director Alistair McWhannell has just been found guilty of the manslaughter of Catherine Peters. “Adventure company director Alistair McWhannell has been found guilty of the manslaughter of student Catherine Peters, who fell to her death while bridge-swinging last year. A jury…

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…