WARNING: Distressing content The Christchurch parents of a toddler who died of an accidental hanging, when he became caught in the cord of his bedroom roller blind, are pleading for better safety messaging about the danger in New Zealand. They had put their three-year-old son down for a nap earlier this year, and discovered him … Read more
Parents are being urged to secure freestanding ovens and supervise their children at all times after a 19-month-old girl was crushed under an oven in New Zealand. The inquest of Kendra Paisley Ann Scanlon found the oven was unsecured when it fell on her on April 28, 2022 at her family home in Rotorua, on … Read more
A New Zealand man has died falling from a balcony in Thailand. Akuhata Edward Robert Hammond, 36, was holidaying in central Pattaya when he fell from the balcony of his seventh floor hotel room, according to local media. His death was reported on Friday, but it is unclear when exactly the incident occurred. Know the … Read more
Tourists to New Zealand will be slugged a $NZ100 fee to visit, in a move industry groups say cements the nation “as one of the most expensive countries in the world for a holiday”. The international visitor levy (IVL) will be hiked from $NZ35 ($A32) to $NZ100 ($A92) from October under changes announced on Tuesday. … Read more
A New Zealand father is now out of a medically induced coma and recovering from a deadly flu that killed his wife. John Leonard had a long struggle to recover when his health began deteriorating soon after Maria Packe-Leonard’s death on July 21. Maria, 53, died 10 days after first exhibiting symptoms of influenza A, … Read more
A man who stole a company helicopter before crashing it into a Cairns CBD hotel was “well liked” by people at the school where he learned to fly. Hundreds of hotel guests were evacuated when Blake Wilson crashed into the roof of the waterfront DoubleTree by Hilton early on Monday in a helicopter taken from … Read more
New Zealanders are being warned not to eat a specific brand of lolly after drug-testing revealed a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine in them. The NZ Drug Foundation drug-tested a white lolly found inside a Rinda-branded pineapple lolly wrapper after a person complained of a sour taste and “feeling unusual” after starting to eat one. … Read more
The grieving parents of a 13-year-old girl who died after suffering an “unsurvivable head injury” in a fall on a school excursion at a New Zealand ice skating rink has shared her heartbreaking final words. Christchurch schoolgirl Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka was critically injured when she fell while ice skating on a school excursion on July 31, … Read more
A woman has been sentenced to two months in prison because he was so obese he could barely move or breathe. He died two months after he was rescued. The dog, named Nuggi, was found at the home of an Auckland woman in October 2021 after a search warrant was carried out by police, the … Read more
A New Zealand schoolgirl has suffered “unsurvivable head injury” on a school excursion to an ice skating rink. Kymani, 13, was rushed from Alpine Ice Sports Centre to Christchurch Hospital in a critical condition on Tuesday morning about 11am, after falling while skating, The New Zealand Herald reported. “Sadly while on a school excursion Kymani … Read more
