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Badoker@lemmy.nz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Auckland man fails to overturn bankruptcy after $34k fines defending $80 speeding ticket

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Auckland man fails to overturn bankruptcy after $34k fines defending $80 speeding ticket

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Badoker@lemmy.nz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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How one man's $80 speeding ticket spiralled into $34k and bankruptcy
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Peter Prescott will now have more added to his debt after another failed attempt at court.
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    … is Aukland sort of like, eh, Florida, except for NZ?

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      Not really, but it is our biggest city by a very wide margin, so you’ll see it mentioned a lot in stories about NZ.

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        so you don’t have Auckland Man tossing aligators crocodiles into fast food joints?

        disappointing!

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          No, that would be Bob Katter.

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