Another tourist has died out in the New Zealand bush, the second in the last three weeks.  They are tragedies that just didn’t need to occur. This time it was a young Polish guy who got trapped by rising floodwaters in a bush stream.  Last month it was an Israeli girl who strayed off...

(This has nothing to do with their marksmanship, as their weapon of choice is an enlarged Maglite). (Another unimportant piece of info: this took place a few years ago, so they may use Taser guns now.)

When I was road tripping the South Island with 7 friends in a 10 person blue van, we arrived on...