Welcome to our mini series – What New Zealanders say about NZ. The following comment was left as a reply to Chris1679’s thread on reddit New Zealand. The Canadian OP was writing about New Zealand’s culture of violence and why he was cutting short his visit. Unfortunately, some of the replies did nothing to dispel…
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…
The New Zealand government wants to put a tax on arriving and departing from the country, which may result in the tourism industry taking a $104 million annual hit. Airlines, airports, the cruise industry and accommodation providers have united in their opposition to the introduction of the $22 charge which was proposed in the…
Residents on the Whangaparoa pennisular are cautioned to take care after approval was granted for massive aerial drops of 16.5 tonnes of poison in the Shakespear regional park between June and October. NZ Yahoo news picked up on the story saying Residents north of Auckland are concerned about a poison drop they think may contaminate…
The tragic death of eight year old Toromon Toromon in a municipal park in Rotorua has caused Rotorua District Council to review its warning signs, they are also said to be investigating the effectiveness of the fences that surround the geothermal pools in the park gardens. RDC parks & recreation manager Garry Page said “while…
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