Clio Francis of the Sunday Star Times has written a feature on the treatment of teenage murderer Theo Kriel who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of British schoolgirl Liberty Templeman in the small Northland town of Kerikeri (see posts tagged Libby Templeman) and of how he was living in a house…
Yesterday we published a Migrant Tale showing one immigrant’s reaction to New Zealand’s poor ratings in the NZ Institute’s ‘State of the Nation’ report and new figures that had just been released showing that the country’s crime figures had sky rocketed. Today we’d like highlight Kiwis’ take on the report and their feelings about where…
For a long time now we’ve been highlighting the alarming increase in the number of armed robberies in New Zealand, at one stage we made the comment that it must be the fastest growing occupation in the country (see Clendon Armed Robbery, a family business and Gunman threatens bank customers) Last week’s violent robbery of…
The independent New Zealand Institute has ranked New Zealand 5th in a list of 30 OECD countries for its high murder rate according to the Herald: “The murder and manslaughter of about 100 people a year makes New Zealand one of the most violent countries in the developed world, according to a new independent report.…
Armed robberies are continuing apace in New Zealand with yet another armed hold up in a bank. This must be the fastest growing occupation right now. At 2.12pm yesterday frightened customers and staff at the ASB Bank in Grey Lynn, Auckland were ordered to drop to the floor by a masked gunman, whilst another climbed…
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