THE PREMIUM DEBATE Soft-on-crime Labour blamed

• Published date: 29 May 2023
• Publication title: Daily Post, The (Rotorua, New Zealand)

The crackdown, involving 100 officers, comes after a street racing event near TECT Park in Tauranga last month where one teenager suffered broken bones and leg lacerations after a ute doing donuts smashed into bystanders. Another teen said the last thing she remembered from the event was “being hit by the back of the truck”

A mother also spoke about rushing her daughter, who was “struggling to breathe”, to hospital that same night, but their route was blocked by street racers.

In addition to the 12 impounded cars, 15 were ordered off the road, 128 infringement notices were issued and five licences were suspended.

Coming up six years of a soft-on-crime Labour justice system, no consequences for those under-18s committing these crimes, of course, it’s got to this level. Anything happening here is too little too late. I’m surprised that the Government’s approach is to install speed humps every 100 metres. They are masters of ambulances at the bottom of the cliff rather than solving the root cause of problems.

Richard C

We can send 100 cops to stop boy racers but assaults, ram raids, burglaries, etc. seem to be a lower priority. Five police ministers in six years say it all. Well done Labour, NZ is quickly becoming a crime cesspool.

Nigel W

Crush their cars and motorbikes.

Richard F

We live in rural Canterbury. Some weeks back a group of three cars, full of teenagers, were driving up and down several roads firing rocket-type fireworks into people’s properties. Mainly aiming at houses and sheds etc. Several neighbours gave chase in vehicles and got close enough in the local township to identify licence plates and vehicles. At this point, the community...