FineWine:

 

I read 'quoted' that a member of the public called them Gypsies. Apparently the family have denied being Gypsies. That is a really bad slur against the Gypsies (Romany people).

 

Yet the article linked to above (https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109985238/unruly-family-travelling-in-nz-known-for-scary-antics-in-the-united-kingdom) makes mention of the individual convicted in court yesterday as having lived in a 'traveller' site, and those terms (Romany/gypsy/traveller) are sometimes used interchangeably...