French Tourists Back In Northland To Help Catch Attackers

The three French tourists, attacked whilst they camped at the side of the road last Friday are said to be back in Northland to help police to catch the three men who beat and robbed them. For background see Three French Tourists Beaten In Northland Campervan Robbery. The men were later named as Antonin Schopfer,…

School ‘Bus’ Crashes Near Cambridge, Waikato

A school bus crashed on the  Maungatautari Rd, east of Cambridge, at 12.35pm today. One Press report is that five people have been injured, one of them is in a serious condition in hospital “The driver of the mini-van was taken to Waikato Hospital in Hamilton with serious leg injuries, four children were taken to…

Chinese Dairy Owner Stabbed In Napier

Napier was buzzing yesterday when parts of the town were closed off following the stabbing of a dairy owner on Latham Street. People on the Trademe boards identified the business as the Vigor Brown Dairy, owned by a Chinese family. The attack came two days after a number of Asian people were held-up at knife…

‘Hoon Car’ Driver Was Only 17 -Updated

23 May 2010 The driver of the ‘hoon car’ that left the road and ploughed into a mother and her 2 children, killing one of them and seriously injuring his older brother, in an area of Christchurch notorious for its boy racers, has been named and shamed by the NZ Herald: “Ash Austin, 17, was…