Thinking of moving to New Zealand because its a great place to raise kids? Along with the Hamilton suburb of Fairfield you may want to give Napier a miss after two children were attacked on two separate days. Both of the assaults were unprovoked. The NZ news site Stuff.co.nz reported A 17-year-old was walking along a Napier…
Violent crime in New Zealand is coming close second to the prolonged news coverage of the life and death of Nelson Mandela. However, the blanket coverage of the great man hasn’t quite been enough to smother reports of some pretty nasty crime in the last few days. A reminder to us all that New Zealand is not as peaceable…
Welcome to our series of Migrant Tales, first hand account of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was published in the last 24 hours on an emigration forum. Despite all the hype about the improving job market in New Zealand the truth is that it’s still damned hard…
Three hours ago New Zealand’s GNS science issued a fresh alert for Whakaari or White Island, a volcano that lies a mere 30 miles off the north east coast of the North Island. Increased volcanic activity has come at a time when New Zealand has been experiencing swarms of earthquakes, the strongest of which were two shallow quakes near to…
Armed Offender Squad officers have cordoned off a Wanganui street after at least three gun shots were heard. The NZ Herald reported “At 2.45 this afternoon emergency services were called to the Wanganui suburb of Aramoho following reports of gunshots being fired. A man was spotted walking around with a gun but he has since left the…
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