Rip Off New Zealand – Pharmacy Prices a Bitter Pill

.Shame on the pharmacists of New Zealand who over charge sick tourists during holiday periods. New Zealand’s pharmacy prices are already among the highest in the OECD with a wholesale mark up of 10% over the manufacturer’s price plus the pharmacy’s mark up (in the USA the wholesale mark up is around 2-4 %). But…

Elderly Australian Tourist Stabbed in Head at Waihi Beach, Murder Investigation Launched – Updated

We are appalled to learn of the stabbing of an elderly Australian campervan tourist at Waihi beach in the early hours of 1 January 2013. Robert Murray Wilkinson was aged 64 and had been living in the  Queensland suburb of Indooroopilly, Australia, for about 10 years. Sadly he succumbed to his injuries and police have launched a murder investigation (Operation Brad)…