Tag Archives: police

Unfit Teachers

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

(In response to newspaper items suggesting the NZ education system is over-populated with incompetent teachers. Not particularly well written perhaps, but this article makes some interesting points.) “Tip Of The Icecube” By Thomas Lumley The Dominion-Post is reporting ‘hundreds of … Continue reading →

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DO YOU AGREE?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

In this article in a local newspaper the following confidence or ‘respect rankings’ based on the opinions New Zealand public were published, each position arrived at by their ranking determined out of a possible 10 points. It was constructed following a … Continue reading →

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PUBLIC TO MARCH IN WAIROA

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

After the incident at a rugby match in Wairoa where a gang member fired a shot-gun into the crowd, Detective Sergeant McKay said “it’s about time the public stood up and said ‘enough is enough’”. Does a public march satisfy … Continue reading →

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Cop This Humour

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Who thinks cops in the United States are lacking in good humour? I guess many who’ve been shot by them, or beaten by them, or have been ‘framed’ by them for an offence they didn’t commit. BUT here is proof … Continue reading →

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????

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

We hear that police in Wairarapa have over 100 unheard/unallocated/uninvestigated/improperly actioned/open child abuse cases ‘on the books’. Now we have a case of child (13 year old girl) sexual abuse being dismissed through lack of evidence. Is there a link … Continue reading →

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