“The following is a true and unedited tragic story that encapsulates workplace bullying and serious impact it has on someone’s mental health. Everything about this story is real to the author and I’ve met her a number of times and she is an intelligent articulate woman. Followers of this page will know that CultureSafe NZ…
Today we bring to you that sad news that a two year old child has lost her life after being shot with a sawn off shotgun. There are believed to be more than 1 million firearms in circulation in New Zealand, and not a single one of them is registered. Authorities have, quite simply, lost…
Update 18 June: Less than two weeks after this article was written central Hamilton was again sealed off, due to another bomb threat. A suspicious package was left at the ANZ bank on Ward Street West. On the same day, threats closed down the Work and Income Offices in Nelson. of Hamilton city centre was…
It’s been called New Zealand’s equivalent of the Sydney Siege, but the Ashburton shootings went largely un-noticed by the world’s media. Watch the news video here http://vimeo.com/104979145 On September 1st last year a 48 year old man walked into a government office and shot two workers to death and seriously injured a third. The deceased…
Another shooting rampage has occurred in New Zealand, this time in the small Canterbury township of Ashburton. One news report stated POLICE have named the suspect in a shooting rampage at a government job agency in New Zealand that claimed two lives. A man wearing a black balaclava entered the Work and Income office…
A trip to McDonalds is considered to be an valid educational opportunity for 5-7 year old Wilford school children in the Wellington suburb of Petone. Whilst there is merit in examining the process involved in food production and discussing the effects of an unhealthy diet, the raison d’être for this excursion fails miserably as soon…
The level and value of fraud continues to increase significantly in New Zealand with $100 million dollars worth of it in the last six months, according to a press release by KPMG. The majority of it – $65 million dollars – was money stolen from investors. As before, managers remain the greatest risk to a…
