Police have sieged a Porirua home in which an armed offender has taken refuge. Update: 6 pm NZ time: The suspected shooter has been found dead at the scene. source Police dog shot, killed on Kokiri Cres in Porirua https://t.co/JPlOKcvF0u Armed male offender still on the loose pic.twitter.com/PDb6mjxod1 — Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) April 21, 2016…
This week on Television New Zealand’s Close Up: “Reporter Jehan Casinader investigates what life is like in one of our toughest towns. Sex for drugs and organised fights – and we’re talking about teenagers. What can be done to help?.” The show hasn’t even aired yet and no one know what the town is, but…
Lost among the hype of New Zealand’s recently released 2010 crime figures were some shocking data about child violence. The stats make for grim reading as they come at a time when schoolyard bullying and violent assaults are frequently in the New Zealand news. Police crime statistics showed the number of children under 9 apprehended…
John Key is beginning to look like a man out of touch with his country. People living in New Zealand are burdened with spiralling food and petrol costs, both which have been exacerbated by the recent increase in sales tax (GST) and the country is a hair’s breath from officially re-entering recession. As more and…
We’ve often written about both youth and school violence on this blog because it’s increasing in both severity and prevalence, it affects migrants with school age children and those who move to NZ to take up teaching positions. It also has a big impact on the local communities in which migrants live. 777 teachers were…
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