
Wished on the morning Star
In 1996 the staff at Whanganui’s Star FM got caught up in a hoax bomb threat. But the incident made world headline due to the offender’s unusual demand.
Links to more information
CNN article from March 27, 1996
Wanganui Chronicle article on American journalist Matt Goss seeking out the story in 2014
Images
The front page of the Wanganui Chronicle the day after the bomb threat