NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / New Zealand

Airport bust-up: Unruly tourists cause trouble upon arrival home

NZ Herald
29 Jan, 2019 01:05 AM4 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Abuse from members of the public directed to the group labelled the “unruly tourists” led to the eventual crash of their vehicle.

Members of the British family who were thrown out of New Zealand after causing havoc around the North Island started more trouble upon their arrival home at Heathrow Airport.

According to The Sun, four members of the Doran clan arrived at Heathrow Airport where they hurled abuse and threats at awaiting journalists and photographers outside the terminal.

The family attempted to cover their faces with items of clothing as they waited more than an hour for a taxi outside the airport while downing cans of Red Bull

After being snapped by awaiting media, family patriarch Larry Doran then made threatening comments towards a photographer yelling: "I'll break your bones. I'll break your camera."

Members of the British family thrown out of New Zealand after causing havoc around the North Island started more trouble upon their arrival home at Heathrow Airport.
Members of the British family thrown out of New Zealand after causing havoc around the North Island started more trouble upon their arrival home at Heathrow Airport.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Joe Doran, his wife, Eileen, and parents Barbara and Larry were served 28-day deportation liability notices by Immigration New Zealand after an incident at a Hamilton Burger King.

Following Larry's vicious rant at media, he then told Daily Mail his family were "tortured" while on holiday.

"We've been tortured, we've been condemned. We've done nothing wrong. It's been the holiday from hell."

He added: "I've paid for this holiday for me and my wife and we got blamed for things.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"It's lies, they've condemned us. We've been hiding in the mountains for two days.

"We wanted to see the Hobbits, Lord of the Rings, didn't get to see that.

"We couldn't go nowhere. You couldn't call it a holiday the way we were treated.

"We going to the Citizens Advice people and the Human Rights people."

Discover more

New Zealand

Unruly tourists try to bamboozle fuel station worker

22 Jan 09:40 AM
New Zealand

Unruly tourists law-abiding churchgoers, brother says

23 Jan 08:09 AM
New Zealand|crime

Unruly tourists: British man charged with Takapuna Beach assault

23 Jan 10:19 PM
New Zealand

'Unruly tourists' crash car: 'People called me gypsy scum'

24 Jan 01:40 AM

The family now claim they're considering suing Auckland Mayor Phil Goff after he labelled the unruly groups "a***holes" and "worse than pigs".

Despite legal threats, Goff says he stands by his comments.

"With all the evidence emerging on their behaviour, Aucklanders were right to call them out. I don't resile from any comments I made about them".

The car the family used to travel the country crashed in Auckland last week, with two adults and a young child seen leaving the crash site. Photo / Doug Sherring
The car the family used to travel the country crashed in Auckland last week, with two adults and a young child seen leaving the crash site. Photo / Doug Sherring

CHAIN OF EVENTS

• Doran clan touch down on January 11 after allegedly causing disruption on a Cathay Pacific flight where they apparently left soiled clothing in the overhead. Other members of the unruly group reportedly arrived in December.

• On January 12 the family allegedly refused to pay for items on the menu while dining at the Coffee Club in Auckland.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

• On January 13 the Backyard Bar in Auckland accused the family of threatening customers and refusing to pay for their $250 bill.

The tourists left boxes of empty beer bottles, rubbish and items of clothing at Auckland's Takapuna Beach. They also allegedly spat numerous times during their visit to the beach. Photo / Krista Curnow
The tourists left boxes of empty beer bottles, rubbish and items of clothing at Auckland's Takapuna Beach. They also allegedly spat numerous times during their visit to the beach. Photo / Krista Curnow

• The same day the family were caught on camera littering at Takapuna Beach before a member of the group allegedly threatened to run down a woman in the car park and attempted to steal her phone. Young boy threatens to "knock the brains out" of witness.

• The unruly tourists reportedly refused to pay for more than $110 worth of food at Montrose Cafe in Mairangi Bay.

• Star Queens Services apartment claim family applied for a one-year lease on an Auckland apartment. After being turned down and accepting a two-week lease, the family allegedly caused thousands of dollars of damage.

• On January 14 the family left the Ibis Budget Hotel in Auckland and threatened a photographer.

• The same day the family were told to "f**k off" after they attempted to trade in their vehicle in Te Rapa Hamilton.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

• On January 15 police arrived at the Burger King on Te Rapa straight after the family caused problems and complained they had hair in their food.

• The same day Tina Cash was arrested and charged with theft. She later pleaded guilty to charges of theft after she stole energy drinks, rope and sunglasses from an Auckland petrol station on two separate occasions. One occurred on December 31 and the other on Jan 3.

• Five of the family have been issued deportation notices, including Cash.

Barbara Doran spotted in Levin. Photo / File
Barbara Doran spotted in Levin. Photo / File

• The family allegedly trashed a Levin hotel and leave the room "stinking of poo". According to the hotel cleaner, cigarette butts were scattered on the ground with empty Red Bull cans thrown around the room.

• Threaten Daily Mail journalists in Wellington.

• On January 21 Joe Doran was caught on camera allegedly attempting to steal a can of Red Bull from a BP station in Hunterville.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

• Last Thursday a 26-year-old man was charged with assault with a weapon and reckless driving during an incident at Takapuna Beach on January 13.

• On January 24 Larry Doran crashed the family's car in Mangere.

• The Doran clan leave New Zealand and return to the UK.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from New Zealand

New Zealand

Lawyer challenges 'plain wrong decision' in Jago's sexual abuse case

17 Jun 09:20 AM
New Zealand

Watch: Inside look after fire engulfs Auckland supermarket

17 Jun 08:15 AM
New Zealand|crime

Fit of rage: Man injures seven people in attack on partner, kids and neighbours

17 Jun 08:00 AM

Jono and Ben brew up a tea-fuelled adventure in Sri Lanka

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from New Zealand

Lawyer challenges 'plain wrong decision' in Jago's sexual abuse case

Lawyer challenges 'plain wrong decision' in Jago's sexual abuse case

17 Jun 09:20 AM

Former Act president's lawyer claims sentence was too harsh, calls for home detention.

Watch: Inside look after fire engulfs Auckland supermarket

Watch: Inside look after fire engulfs Auckland supermarket

17 Jun 08:15 AM
Fit of rage: Man injures seven people in attack on partner, kids and neighbours

Fit of rage: Man injures seven people in attack on partner, kids and neighbours

17 Jun 08:00 AM
Inside look: Damage revealed after fire engulfs Auckland supermarket

Inside look: Damage revealed after fire engulfs Auckland supermarket

Help for those helping hardest-hit
sponsored

Help for those helping hardest-hit

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP