Ilovethebomb

Criminal mastermind at work, ladies and gentlemen.

Have you ever felt the urge to knock a judge out, to see if they still think that doesn't deserve prison?

Absolutely disgusting.

The best part of half a mil in fines, that's got to sting. It sounds like they've invested in the infrastructure to manage this properly now.

This reminds me of the Ribena debacle, where a bunch of school kids stumbled onto the fact Ribena were lying massively about the amount of vitamin C in their product.

Also, why are we importing sand from China? We have sand at home.

The meth explains a lot about the decision making in this story.

I realise we're in a tight situation financially, but I can see no reason not to at least match inflation.

It's their policy to do the same with tax brackets, after all.

I bet Chris Hipkins is having a great day today.

The son sounds like an absolute prick, tailgating through a gate then verbally abusing a guard when pulled up on it. I'd also like to know what exactly he was doing while on the payroll.

What an absolute coot. The idea that raw materials would be shipped to Germany, a boat manufactured from them, and then the boat received on the Chatham islands and buried, all without this being recorded, is absurd.

I think this shows that the government owning a vessel with offshore towing capability would be a huge benefit, not only to Wellington, but the entirety of NZ.

They'd be able to reach Nelson, Picton, or anywhere in the Strait within a few hours, and as this story shows, is able to respond to an event as far away as Stewart island.

Also, Timaru is quite a long tow.

This is something I've wondered about ever since the second disappearance, and that's how Tom was allowed to have full custody of his children after defying a custody order. The police treating this as a "private family matter" until he robbed a bank is also absolutely rotten.

In my view, we need to make a lot of changes to how the entire child custody system works, as well as how the police treat those who defy a custody arrangement.

Tom Philips is dead, one of the children is in OT custody, the whereabouts of the other two is unknown.

Most of the article is just a recap of previous events.

I've had some pretty unpleasant encounters with the ones in Wellington, they will start washing your window with no indication from you this service is wanted, then get very aggressive when told to piss off.

I've had one throw his washing brush at me across an intersection once, nasty group of people.