Man Uses Diplomatic Immunity To Avoid Sexual Assault Charges
A diplomat accused of sexually assaulting a woman in New Zealand avoided charges by claiming diplomatic immunity and returning to his home country.
Lady Narcs on Her Own Cat for Bringing Home a Bag of Weed
A New Zealand woman's cat went to a lot of trouble to bring home an actually useful present, rather than another dead rodent. But when Fluffy (not his actual name) turned up with a five-gram bag of marijuana, she went and narced on her own cat. So much for gratitude!
Game of Thrones Tourism Is Happening, Since Westeros Sounds So Fun
It's not just Ren Faire enthusiasts and Irish-American grandparents who want to vacation on the Emerald Isle anymore, and for that, you can thank Game of Thrones, which films partly outside Belfast. Suddenly the HBO drama is the hottest way to market Ireland as a destination—because doesn't Westeros seem like a darling
Facebook Quietly Removes Roastbusters Page, Is Still Shitty
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Shortly after we wrote about Facebook's refusal to remove a page glorifying the New Zealand Teen Rape Club known as the "Roast Busters," the page quietly disappeared from the social networking site. But don't bake Facebook any fucking cookies; there's still no way for users to report pages for "sexual violence." And…
Facebook Doesn't Consider Page Honoring Rapists 'Violent'
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The New Zealand teen rapists known as the Roast Busters met many of their victims over social media and had an active Facebook page where members of the group bragged about getting girls occasionally underaged girls drunk and then gang raping them. When news of their exploits broke in local media, the page…
Ringleader of New Zealand Teen Rape Gang Bravely Skips Town
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Joseph Parker — privileged son of a Hollywood actor and one of the ringleaders of an Auckland teen rape club that called itself the "Roast Busters" — has fled town. Wow, you'd think a person so super tough that they made a hobby out of incapacitating and raping sometimes-underage girls would be better at handling…
New Zealand Teen Rapists' School Knew About Roast Busters, Did Nothing
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As more details emerge about the self-styled New Zealand rape club that called itself the "Roast Busters," naturally, questions arise. Namely: What the fuck? Followed by: What kind of a malformed fucksticks do this kind of thing to other human beings? And, finally, the inevitable: How the fuck did this happen? It…
What's Happening With The New Zealand Teen Rape Club Case? Not Enough.
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Earlier this week, a group of privileged New Zealand teen boys called the Roast Busters made international news for basically being a social media-active gang rape club that the cops (and much of the community) ignored for years. Now — finally — it seems that the people who enabled and made excuses for the boys are in…
Police Told New Zealand Gang Rape Victim She Was Asking For It
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New Zealanders are outraged over the continued unprosecuted existence of West Auckland's Roast Busters, a selective club for privileged male teens with the world's most disgusting raison d'être — to pick up teen girls, get them drunk, gang rape them, and brag about it on social media.
New Zealand Teen Rape Club Is The Worst Thing You'll Read About Today
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For the last two years or so, a group of West Auckland teen boys calling themselves the "Roast Busters" have gotten their jollies picking up sometimes-underage girls, feeding them alcohol, and then, once they're too intoxicated to fend off their advances, gang raping them.
Lamb Visits a Skate Park, Antics Ensue
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This lamb gamboling about the skate park after its human companion is the most life-affirming thing you’ll see all day, right until the camera catches the lamb wandering dangerously close to a pentagram that’s been graffitied in the middle of the park. I have to believe that, even though it’s dangerously close to…
‘Blurred Lines’ Gender-Swapped Parody Briefly Removed by YouTube
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Much like its Mod Carousel gender-swapped predecessor, a “Blurred Lines” parody called “Defined Lines” (because of gender roles, yo) made by several Auckland law students was briefly been deemed too ladybonerific for YouTube’s Council of Female Libido Deniers (it’s a very secret council).
This Ram Is Pissed, and Somehow Still Pretty Cute
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Don't get me wrong, I would not fuck with this ram. But I'm also saying: Ram, you are the best and I love you.
Hey, Assholes: Deporting Fat People Doesn't Actually Make Them Go Away
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The government of New Zealand has come up with a novel strategy for getting rid of great big gross fat people: Just throw them into the sea! But don't worry, humanitarians—fat is buoyant. Concerned that hordes of marauding fatties will literally gobble up the nation's entire economy (WHO SPILLED GRAVY ALL OVER THE…
New Zealand's Nonsense War on Cats Continues Apace
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Don't you wish that New Zealand's war on cats was actually a war OF cats? Think of it! It could be like Redwall and Narnia come to life, but no — instead it's a boring ol' war on cats as environmentalists push for the nationwide eradication of a beloved household pet. The war! It soldiers on!
New Zealand Rejects Kind of Weird and Really Weird Baby Names Alike
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New Zealanders, sick and tired of being ridiculed for everyone calling them Kiwis, are putting an end to the tomfoolery. No longer can Kiwis name their kids whatever the fresh hell they feel like naming them. Officials have released a list of 77 names that the government aka the New Zealand version of The Man will…
New Zealand Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly in Favor of Gay Marriage…
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Let's all raise a glass of champagne (or cup of coffee) in a celebratory toast in honor of New Zealand for becoming the 13th country in the world to officially legalize gay marriage!
Let's All Move to New Zealand and Surf With This Baby Pig
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This is Zorro. He's a two month old pig who loves to surf. And we love to watch him surf, because finally something is alright in the world. Also, perhaps it's because I'm a Bleedy Female, but I'm crying. Is this weird? Should I be treated for hysteria? Help?
The Quest to Ban Cats in New Zealand
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Kiwi economist and businessman Gareth Morgan has set up a website called Cats To Go. Apparently there are around 1.4 million cats in New Zealand, with 48% of households owning at least one cat. That makes New Zealanders the wolrd's biggest cat owners. So many cats! Morgan would like to see them all dead. No, really.…
New Zealand Mints Precious Hobbit Money
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The entire population (hooray for gross generalizations!) of New Zealand is currently having nerd spasms over the the upcoming November 28 release of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. Not only is there a movement afoot to rename the country's capital of Wellington "The Middle of Middle Earth" for a three-week bracket before…