Perhaps acts of violence committed during wartime, be it a civil war or otherwise, aren?t counted.

You?d have thought that if NZ felt that these statistics and surveys were totally fictitious, there would have been a big hullabaloo about it, as its good name has been sullied. As a country that has great pride in itself, I can?t imagine NZ would want the world to think badly of it if there wasn?t at least some truth in the statement.