Critics of small town New Zealand receive death threatsCHECKPOINT/RNZ WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: The creators of a Facebook page called 'S...t Towns of New Zealand' have received death threats, but many others are laughing. "We're big fans of New Zealand's great tradition of self-deprecating humour and there's a lot to make fun of about small towns." A post labelled "New Plymouth starter pack" is illustrated with a pipe for smoking drugs and a group of pregnant schoolgirls, while Timaru is billed as the top NZ town for "weird s...". "I can only assume that most angry people don't realise that our posts are jokes which, when combined with the tribal culture that exists in small town NZ, results in angry reactions. Morrinsville: "One of those small Waikato s...holes that seemingly only exist so that people can get them confused with each other."

Source: Stuff October 17, 2017 03:00 UTC