One more Frenchman killed in New Zealand

He visited many countries and lived, then he came to New Zealand 

The climber who was killed after falling from Mt Taranaki was a 25-year-old French national Victor Roucher, police have finally revealed.

Roucher and his 24-year-old climbing partner, also a Frenchman, were on their way to the summit, about 200 metres from the crater, when Roucher fell to his death on Tuesday.

RIP. Victor Roucher. The 25-year-old French national had visited many countries and lived, then he came to New Zealand.

The last two people to die on Mt Taranaki were climbers Nicole Sutton and Hiroki Ogawa in October 2013. The couple died of hypothermia after becoming stranded on the mountain overnight.

It is believed Roucher was the 83rd person [?] to die on Mt Taranaki since records began in 1891.  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80837835/Mt-Taranaki-fall-death-victim-named

How Many Killed Since 2000?

About 3,500 overseas visitors, international students, foreign workers, recent emigrants and refugees have lost their lives and 20,000 others seriously injured in New Zealand since year 2000.

The State’s other Stinking Secrets

Truth about the daily road carnage would hurt New Zealand’s $10 billion tourism industry…

The NZ TOURISTS or truth? (police censorship of road fatalities) campaign continues…

• Blog estimate: About 900 people are killed on NZ roads each year. [Most probably] up to 395 road fatalities have occurred in NZ since 1 January 2016
• No of road fatalities recorded by Minitru: ONLY 153 [as of June 8]
  

Quad bike deaths

Woman killed in quad bike crash in Upper Moutere

A woman was killed in a quad-bike crash on a life-style block near Motueka on Wednesday. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/80830100/serious-offroad-accident-in-upper-moutere

Truck v. Plane

Truck hits plane at Wellington Airport injuring one

At least one person was injured after a truck hit a plane on a tarmac at Wellington Airport. “A ground handling truck struck the Qantas Boeing 737 aircraft bound to Melbourne from Wellington yesterday afternoon.”  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11652858

Dog attack in Golden bay leaves woman needing plastic surgery

A woman mauled by a dog will receive emergency plastic surgery today. Dog bite caused serious injury to her leg in Takaka, on Tuesday.

“The dog attacked the woman while she was out delivering pamphlets in the small Golden Bay town on Tuesday afternoon, police said.”

“Dog attacks in the Tasman region are becoming more frequent – an ACC report showed 64 bites registered in the region 2006, compared with 108 in 2015.

“99,003 dog bites were reported to ACC between 2004 and 2014, with 5,842 cases requiring hospitalisation – an average of two a day. Over a third of those hospitalised were children, usually with facial injuries.”   http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80831216/Dog-attack-in-Takaka-leaves-woman-needing-plastic-surgery