Manawatū Police investigating multiple suspicious shed fires in Dannevirke this month are appealing to the public for information.
The shed fires occurred at a property on the corner of Smith Road and Glengarry Road. The first was on Friday 17 July, and the second was on Saturday 25 July – both were around 8pm.
“Thankfully, no one was injured in these fires, however the occupants of the property are understandably very shaken by the incidents”, said Detective Mark Reid.
“Police worked alongside Fire and Emergency New Zealand and determined that these shed fires are of a suspicious nature.
“Enquiries remain ongoing and Police are now asking for the public’s assistance.
“If you have any information on these incidents or were in the Smith Road and Glengarry Road area on Friday 17 July or Saturday 25 July, between 7pm and 8.30pm, and noticed anything suspicious or unusual, please get in touch.
“We would also like to hear from anyone that was driving in the area at the same time, who may have dashcam footage that we can review.”
Information can be provided through 105, either online or over the phone, and reference file number 260726/8290.
You can also provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Image credit: Nadiia Ploshchenko
After the way American teacher Gregg Smith was treated, we could care less if Dannevirke burned entirely during the dry season…
The weirdness, clannish behaviours and pack mentalities of the town that victimised a teacher would NEVER have been tolerated elsewhere!
When we travel, we avoid the place and spend our lunch money elsewhere..! F@*k Gangsta Dannevirke!
Swimming in the Cesspool
by Gregg Smith (Author) Format: Paperback
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
This book tells the story of an American teacher who went to New Zealand with the intention of helping children learn the joys of mathematics. What he encountered was beyond his worst nightmares. From the US Review of Books review by Carol Davala(http://www.theusreview.com/reviews/Swimming-Smith.html): “I never expected to be ATTACKED for trying to make someone’s life richer by sharing my knowledge of mathematics with him, yet that’s exactly what I encountered in Dannevirke.” In vivid detail Smith recounts the verbal abuse, physical assaults, sexual harassment, and mob-like intimidation he suffered at the hands of students, parents, and the Dannevirke community. Swimming in the Cesspool is Smith’s effort to make public the truth about his own personal experience at Dannevirke High School. As the saying goes “the truth will set you free.” Hopefully Smith’s truth will serve as an enlightening resource to help bring secondary education in New Zealand to a higher ground.
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Bullyocracy: How the Social Hierarchy Enables Bullies to Rule Schools, Work Places, and Society at Large
by Donald Jeffries (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (55)
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Bestselling author Donald Jeffries turns his critical eye onto the topic of bullying to show how teachers, principals, and other school officials invariably side with the bullies in the most egregious cases, instead of protecting the victims. He also shows how many so-called anti-bullying activists and nearly all the professional “experts” excuse bullying and in fact laud sociopathic behavior in general. As Jeffries demonstrates, this curious phenomenon is due to the power and influence of the social hierarchy, and it revolves to a great extent around the enduring popularity of sports. Jeffries talked to parents who’d battled a system that logically should have been working for them, some of whom lost a child to bullycide, the term for children who kill themselves over bullying. His investigation into what has become one of the most talked about issues in America is as explosive and controversial as anything he has written.
And NZ Society ‘goes along (with bullying) in order to get along’!