Have you always thought of New Zealand as a friendly, sleepy country where nothing much ever happens? In this season of peace and goodwill to all men you may be disappointed to hear it was anything but for the New Zealand police force in the run up to Christmas, culminating with two serious assaults on…
We’re saddened to hear there’s been another violent robbery perpetrated against tourists in New Zealand, this time in the Palmerston North (read all blogs tagged Palmerston North) A report in gives the Manawatu Standard gives barest details of the attack against two Austrian visitors, one of whom lay bleeding from the head after their campervan was stolen.…
Can you imagine parking up to eat your takeaway, having a kid point a gun at your head and being told “Get out of the car bitch, we want the car!“ You’d think you’d were in some war torn country, or perhaps some developing nation where crime is the only way for kids to survive. But no, this happened south of Auckland,…
It has been confirmed that four males have been charged with the stabbing murder of 64 year old Polish man Roman Skorek in a Rotorua’s Kuirau Park last month. Two are un-named youths aged 14 and 15, the others are Simon Meka Herewini, 20, and Rawiri James Samuel, 21. Co-incidentally, Simon Meka Herewini bears the same family name as someone who was caught up in…
The journalist who was beaten to death in a violent street attack in New Zealand’s capital has been named as Phillip Cottrell. British media have identified him as being from Scotland where he worked for the BBC. He emigrated to New Zealand six years ago and was a news editor for Radio New Zealand in Wellington. In…
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