Etienne Lemieux and Louis-Vincent Lessard are two 23 year old French Canadians, students of the Université de Montréal Industrial Design. According to CBC News the men were last seen at The Base Backpackers Hostel in Queenstown on July 6. They checked in on July 5 and had booked in for one night only. The pair…
The ugly underbelly of Te Anau has again been exposed, a female pilot (with Mainland Aviation College) on an evening out with work colleagues, suffered an horrendous stabbing attack in the toilet of the township’s Moose Bar. In 2011 we reported how the township was gathering a reputation for its tourist attacks after a gang…
A few weeks after this article was written a woman was subjected to a knife attack in the toilets of the Moose Bar, Te Anau. Continuing in our very popular series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand. (This article has been extremely popular and was viewed over…
Tourists have again fallen victim to crime in New Zealand. We’re saddened to learn of the two Australian honeymooners whose wedding dress, suit and rings were stolen near the Milford road, South Island. The advice to not leave valuables in vehicles simply isn’t given to visitors, many of whom believe the myth that New Zealand…
Te Anau’s tourism reputation is in danger after a gang of drunken youths assaulted visitors to the town recently. The story was picked up by the Southland Times who reported that Constable Glen Matheson, of Te Anau, said a group of seven visitors was attacked at the skate park on the outskirts of the central…
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