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Israeli tourist strips in anger at New Zealand men's whistles
By The Associated Press
Tags: New Zealand, strip, Israel

An Israeli tourist who felt harassed when New Zealand road workers whistled at her Thursday stripped naked in response, police said.

Workmen in the small northern farming town of Kerikeri were repairing the main street when the young woman took offense at their attention.

On a balmy late-autumn day, she calmly stripped bare to use an ATM - bringing an abrupt halt to both the whistles and the road work - then put her clothes back on and walked away.
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Sgt. Peter Masters said the woman told police she didn't take kindly to the men's wolf-whistles.

"She said she had thought '... I'll show them what I've got,' as the men
whistled at her," he said.

"She gave the explanation that she had been ... pestered by New Zealand men. She's not an unattractive-looking lady," he said.

Police treated the incident as a one-off.

"She was taken back to the police station and spoken to and told that was
inappropriate (behavior) in New Zealand," he added.

The woman was due to leave New Zealand later Thursday
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  1.   Good for her 11:29  |  Ben Alofs 22/05/08
  2.   It`s nice to air your differences 11:41  |  Clickfool 22/05/08
  3.   I don`t get it ??????????? 11:43  |  Jew 22/05/08
  4.   Just Another Display of Israeli Morals and Values 12:19  |  Johan Odin 22/05/08
  5.   E-gads! another example of distastful Israeli tourist behaviours! 12:19  |  Ami Israel 22/05/08
  6.   lips puckered and here we go 12:29  |  K 22/05/08
  7.   In Israel, she would be stoned by Haredim... 12:42  |  Paul Henzen 22/05/08
  8.   loves it! 12:49  |  Brandon 22/05/08
  9.   Who can blame them? 13:12  |  Jewtastic 22/05/08
  10.   #4 A Display of Sharp Thinking, Johan? 13:25  |  Gideon 22/05/08
  11.   lol funny stuff. 13:45  |  petra 22/05/08
  12.   Ha`Aretz, how come this story is still here YET..... 13:55  |  Ari ben Yisrael 22/05/08
  13.   Paul Henzen 14:05  |  Ehud 22/05/08
  14.   Johan Odin 14:07  |  Ehud 22/05/08
  15.   Odious Odin 14:28  |  x-ray 22/05/08
  16.   It used to be dumb blond, now its dumb Israeli woman 14:33  |  sptz 22/05/08
  17.   Full circle 14:34  |  Chana 22/05/08
  18.   # 13 Ehud - Is there a nudist beach in Israel? 14:47  |  Paul Henzen 22/05/08
  19.   Paul Henzen 15:06  |  Ehud 22/05/08
  20.   To Paul 15:09  |  Ariel 22/05/08
  21.   get over it 15:45  |  shmuel 22/05/08
  22.   Good for her (II) 15:50  |  chris 22/05/08
  23.   # 1 Bwn Alofs 16:03  |  JordanisPalestine 22/05/08
  24.   ahh yea, the jews of europe 16:06  |  sam i am 22/05/08
  25.   One day I hope this woman will learn some class 16:09  |  Linda Rivera 22/05/08
  26.   Naked Girl 16:43  |  mike 22/05/08
  27.   Where Are The PHOTOS??? 16:51  |  Jimmy 22/05/08
  28.   Silly little girl with no morals 17:22  |  leven5 22/05/08
  29.   Hard to see how this was a lesson to the men! 17:23  |  McQueen 22/05/08
  30.   #4 Johan 17:58  |  Louis Fried 22/05/08
  31.   yeah norway got morals 18:29  |  you are hypocrite jo 22/05/08
  32.   leven5 what`s your problem with Israelis? 18:29  |  Iz Ray Leigh 22/05/08
  33.   Brilliant Tactic! 18:31  |  Zorg 22/05/08
  34.   Paul Henzen 18 18:47  |  ChanahS 22/05/08
  35.   delightful chutzpah. 18:48  |  frenz 22/05/08
  36.   leven5 - nonsense 18:50  |  ChanahS 22/05/08
  37.   #22 Louis re: Scandinavian Countries 20:10  |  Gideon 22/05/08
  38.   What were they told? 20:25  |  josh 22/05/08
  39.   Johan Odin 20:34  |  Sar Chasm 22/05/08
  40.   Brava to the Lady 20:43  |  utagawa 22/05/08
  41.   Leven 20 I know a "girl living in NZ she became gay. 20:58  |  Robert/Mtl 22/05/08
  42.   If you have never been to Israel 21:02  |  Scharker Yid 22/05/08
  43.   Stripping is the best protest to their whistles 03:20  |  Dave 23/05/08
  44.   Johan -- `Lifted Lines` 03:29  |  KeepingItRealJew 23/05/08
  45.   Ever heard of civil disobedience? 20:39  |  CS 23/05/08
  46.   Nude in San Francisco 06:04  |  Greg 25/05/08
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