Zorb New Zealand has been shut down by safety officials for not having a safety management system In place. WorkSafe New Zealand served two health and safety improvment notices on the Rotorua company after investigating an incident in which a woman broke both her legs. Based on information gathered during the accident investigation, inspectors determined…
New Zealand police say they have recovered the body of a man from a hot pool at Kuirau Park, opposite Rotorua hospital on Ranolf Street. The body was spotted by a tourist who notified the police yesterday afternoon. Our regular readers may recall that Kuirau Park is an open stretch of municipal parkland containing geothermal mud pools surrounded…
Visit any New Zealand town or city in winter and its easy to see why there is little commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Many New Zealanders rely on burning wood to keep warm for 3/4 of the year. Despite the fact that much of the country’s electricity comes from renewables the price per Kwhr is…
We are saddened to hear that a German tourist suffered a serious injury during an attack outside The Napier Waterfront Lodge and Backpackers last Saturday night. This and other attacks are reminders that New Zealand continues to be an unsafe destination for some tourists. “A teenage German tourist has been taken to hospital after a…
Update: 21 year old Rotorua baker Rawiri James Samuel and an un-named 20 year old male have been charged with murder and Two youths aged 14 and 15 were later charged with assault in connection with the death in Kuirau Park. Police have retrieved property belong to the deceased man, Roman Henry Skorek, and have searched…
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