Phil Goff

New Zealand troops have spent more time in Afghanistan then both World War One and World War Two Combined, despite this, mainstream media coverage of the war has been limited, and one-sided, government reports have relied on embedded journalism and the NZDF methods of public relations (PR), have been responsible for the upkeep of the military’s positive, peacekeeping, reconstructed, ‘kiwi’ image. While this was not untrue, it can not be considered truthful. The NZDF maintains strong connections…

The use of “Legal Highs” in NZ – Cannabis. Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that comprise of three species, Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa and Cannabis ruderalis (Guy, G., Whittle, B., & Robson, P., 2004). Cannabis exists in three main forms; marijuana, hashish and hash oil. The main active chemical is known as delta-9 tetrahydrocannabional or THC (“NZ Drug Foundation”, n.d). Cannabis is a depressant, it slows down the transmission of messages from the brain to body which is also the…

High crime rates in the region of Auckland City is not a new form of social phenomenon. Beyond that, It holds a long historical ongoing societal problem claiming problematic issue each year. There have been many dilemmas of crime practices within the Auckland Centre Business District (CBD). The crime rates inside the Auckland CBD has shockingly outraged many New Zealanders opinions towards the dispute of public safety in Auckland. For instance, the repeatedly scandalous violent robberies on…