Migrant Tales – Gurveer Singh’s Story: Revealing the Bay of Plenty’s Racism Underbelly

Welcome to our series of Migrant Tales – hundreds and hundreds of first-hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand Gurveer Singh’s story was first published in the Bay of Plenty Times. His tale is a fairly common one among migrants in New Zealand – they fall for the immigration websites’ hard sell, pay…

Tony Robertson Killed Blesilda Gotingco

The family of raped and murdered Blesilda Gotingco may now start to grieve in peace now that the name of her killer has finally been released. After many months of name suppression orders, paedophile and convicted murderer Tony Robertson has been named as her killer. Name suppression has lapsed this afternoon for Tony Douglas Roberston,…

Some Progress in the Rutger Hale Death

  Police say they’ve made some progress in identifying the “mystery object” thought to have been thrown from a passing white ute (pick up truck) which killed 22 year old motorist Rutger Hale. Mr Hale, a seasoned world traveller had recently completed an American road trip without incident. He was driving with his girlfriend Danielle Oylear near Lake Hawea, Wanaka,…