Kate Hawkesby: The effects of being soft on crime are harming NZ, the domino effect is it’s harming guests too

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jul 31, 2023 · 3m

A friend of my nephew was king hit from behind in town by a bouncer several months ago when he was out in Auckland city. He was a visitor from the US, being shown around NZ, being shown some nightlife in Auckland.

He wound up in hospital needing several stitches to his head.

The bouncer didn’t like the look of them, came down some steps after them, followed them a short distance along the street and then punched him in the back of his head as he was walking away.

The whole thing was filmed, there were witnesses, the Police were called and turned up, they were shown the video footage, CCTV…