‘DEMOCRACY’ IN ACTION!
NEWS BLACKOUT ALERT: CODE RED
It’s believed the current ban on reporting road-murders and other serious crimes came into effect at midday Friday, 18 December 2015.
The News Blackout followed the carmageddon on Friday:
The last time NZ government imposed a News Blackout,
Over the past six days, only three fatal crashes have been reported. This figure is FAR below the statistical average for this time of the year. [10pm Wednesday, 23 December 2015]
- Fatal crash in Te Awamutu, Waikato (22 December 2015) The driver and sole occupant of a Mazda, 22-year-old Te Awamutu man Chaz Mourea MORGAN, was killed at the scene of the crash while the female driver of the other car, a Ford Falcon XR6 sedan, was flown to Waikato Hospital where she is in a critical condition. A 10-year-old passenger travelling in the Ford suffered minor injuries while an eight-year-old passenger remains in hospital with moderate to serious injuries, police said. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/name-released-te-awamutu-fatal-13th-death-involving-breach-graduated-license
- Woman killed in Remuera crash (21 December 2015) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11564630
- Man killed in Wellington crash A witness to the crash that killed a Lower Hutt teenager described the impact as being like an “explosion”. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-crash-wellington
- Young soldier killed in a vehicle crash in South Otago Tommy Corbett, 21, a Lance Corporal in the New Zealand Defence force, was killed on Friday after his car veered off Owaka Valley Rd and struck a grass bank not far from his home. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/fatal-motor-vehicle-crash-near-owaka-south-otago
- Two women in their twenties in serious condition after crash on State Highway 1 in Marlborough http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/75397777/serious-crash-closes-state-highway-in-marlborough
- Woman flown to Waikato hospital following car crash near Awakino on SH3 http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/75406746/crash-on-state-highway-3-near-awakino.html
- Seddon crash closes SH1 http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/seddon-crash-closes-sh1
- KiwiRail pleads for safe rail crossings after 23 near misses and two collisions in Manawatu this year http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/75202789/kiwirail-pleads-for-safe-rail-crossings-after-23-near-misses-and-two-collisions-in-manawatu-this-year
- Second fatal quad bike incident in 9 days http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11564393