Around New Zealand, crime rates continue to rise. Last night Newshub published an article focusing on burglaries and theft, and the impact on victims.
“We’ve certainly seen an increase in the last 12 to 18 months,” [Canterbury Metro Commander] Superintendent Lane Todd told Newshub.
It’s the most invasive thefts that are up.
From August 2021 to August 2022, national property crimes are up by more than 28,000. Auckland is up by 11,000 and Christchurch 5,633.
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Karehana was given $5,000 that evening, and the court heard that he claimed he “did not know that his associate was going to on-sell the weapon”. When the Glock was recovered in June, Karehana was spoken to by police but denied stealing the gun.
A Freshwater Strategy deck published by the Platform shows National down 12 points since 2023 and NZ First holding the right bloc together. The numbers check out.
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Gerry Brownlee isn’t buying the polls. At least, not yet. The 70-year-old has been a National MP for three decades (since 1996), held the Ilam seat for many years and in post-quake Canterbury was the powerful Earthquake Recovery Minister. After losing the Ilam seat for the
