Police in our country are always on a hiding to nothing when it comes to equipping themselves with suitable equipment. ‘Cheapest is best’ has always been the mantra of the bean counters. Sure they employ a few people to evaluate what will work best for them but at the end
The National Party, Simon Bridges, and their troll army are all thinking that their donations scandal has now been safely swept under the carpet. The troll army is the most hilarious as they react with glee over four people being charged. Already there is a conspiracy theory running around on
By Lexi Churchill , Ellis Simani and Topher Sanders propublica.org After decades of shielding the identities of accused child abusers from the public, many Catholic leaders are now releasing lists of their names. But the lists are inconsistent, incomplete and omit key details. It took 40 years and three bouts
Raudha Athif was a stunning cover model known all over the world as “The girl with the blue eyes”. But what few people knew was that she was much more committed to a career in medicine than photoshoots. At 21, Raudha was attending university in Bangladesh and had plans to
Stuart Nash is the Police minister and also the Napier MP. He has overseen an explosion of gang members in his own patch that has meant that the Police have raised the white flag: “They have a new cohort of younger members. I don’t think the older hierarchy are
All things pass, but decades later Jewish survivors still vividly remember the Holocaust. Memories of Nazi Germany’s cruel attempt to annihilate the Jews are still raw and painful, but when these survivors leave this world to join their forebears, digital and written records of this shameful period in history
On a high-school trip to Central Australia in the early 1980s, we paid a visit to a camel farm. The cameleer was very an old-school Territorian bushie, all leathery skin, beard and no-bullshit attitude. When someone asked about Aboriginal culture, his answer shocked all of us. “A lot of people’
New figures regarding domestic homicide in Australia contain both good and bad news. The good news is that domestic homicide has declined dramatically, to its lowest-ever recorded levels. The bad news is that it persists particularly in two key demographics. Both of those are very bad news for the feminist
The Police in Hawkes Bay must have been taking lessons in marching backwards from the French. Their top cop has raised the white flag and said that policing gangs is beyond their means. Her local MP and Police Minister, Stuart Nash, surely must be holding his embarrassed head in his
Since the police seem to have just about waved the white flag at gangs in this country, preferring instead to raid the homes of law-abiding citizens while they are sitting down to dinner, it seems to me that gangs have recently become much more visible. There was this recent attempt
I listened to an interview on Newstalk ZB with Police Minister Stuart Nash and three questions came immediately to mind. The Newstalk ZB headline for the interview was Police Minister admits NZ has a gang problem. Nash’s admission is not surprising given the number of gang-related shootings that have
Press Release: National Party Two violent incidents in two days have provided a graphic illustration of why the Government needs to get tougher on gang activity, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. “The latest reports of gunshots being fired during a gang altercation near a Napier shopping centre are
Details of the heist of guns from the Palmerston North Police station have been revealed in court today and what an eye-opener it has been: When two officers pointed their pistols at a man high on P stealing guns from the Palmerston North police station, the thief took no notice
When news broke of the College Admissions Scandal in the US, many of us will have sat back knowingly and smiled thinking: “spoilt, privileged, rich brats getting yet more advantage by virtue of having been born into rich, movie star families. When actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to a token
I have a few simple questions for you all dear readers: * What happens when you break the law and get caught? * What happens when you break a written contract and get caught? * If your decision to return to the country where you broke the law or broke a contract leads
Only in Trump’s America could such a heinous event occur. But wait – there’s more: WZZM13 reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan. A convicted sex offender who says he identifies as an eight-year-old girl will spend at least a decade in prison for dozens of images of child pornography found
