The true identities of British ‘unruly tourists’ in New Zealand

They are the group of travellers who have caused a storm up and down New Zealand. Now, their true identities can be revealed.

The identities of the unruly tourists causing a storm up and down the country can be revealed.

The eldest member of the group, the Daily Mail Australia reports, is 55-year-old grandmother Barbara Doran.

And despite being known around New Zealand as “John Johnson”, the unofficial spokesman for the family is, in fact, named Joe Doran.

Joe Doran, formally known as John Johnson, with his wife Miley.

He’s married to Miley Doran and the pair reportedly have lived in various caravan parks around the East Midlands in the UK.

Barbara Doran told the Daily Mail she is too scared to sleep at night and that the family believe they are being “tortured” by the public.

Barbara Doran, left, said she is too scared to sleep at night.

The family — the so-called “holiday-makers from hell” — have made headlines around the world after leaving rubbish on Takapuna Beach and abusing a local woman. The group was also accused of leaving restaurants with unpaid bills and one member of the unruly clan pleaded guilty to stealing from an Auckland service station.

Over the weekend they were accused of leaving a Kiwi motel “stinking of kid’s poo”.

“I’m very, very frightened, honestly,’ Barbara Doran told the Daily Mail.

“I’m not going to go and get food without paying for it. I’m not going to put myself that low.

Unruly travellers — local Krista Curnow witnessed British travellers creating a mess at Takapuna Beach, north of Auckland. Picture: Krista Curnow/Facebook

“I’ve never done it in England. I’m not going to come and do it here.”

Joe Doran told the New Zealand Herald last week that his family was respectable and denied the allegations.

That was before family member Tina Maria Cash, 26, pleaded to guilty to theft of Red Bull and sunglasses in the Hamilton District Court and paid $55 in reparations.

During the interview, Joe Doran claimed his grandfather was the “10th richest man in England”.

In a separate interview with Newshub, he claimed: “No member of my family stole anything at any stage in New Zealand. We were not brought up that way.’

A 2016 photo of Miley and Joe Doran.

English tourist, who gave his name as John Johnson, is actually Joe Doran. Picture: NZ Herald

Cash claimed that she had been “vomiting blood” since her arrest and claimed the family had been treated with “no respect”.

“If people come to the UK, they have rights,’ she said. “What are our rights here? We have none.”

PATH OF CARNAGE

The travellers have made headlines around the world since a video emerged of rubbish being strewn on a Takapuna Beach reserve. Bystanders asked the group to tidy the mess but were reportedly abused and threatened.

It has since emerged members of the group arrived in New Zealand on December 29. There have been several accounts of members refusing to pay for food or services, tormenting hospitality staff and claiming their food had been contaminated by ants or hair.

Last Wednesday, 26-year-old Tina Maria Cash pleaded guilty in the Hamilton District Court to stealing from an Auckland service station on two separate occasions.

The court heard Cash stole a can of Red Bull from a Caltex service station at Albany on December 31.

The tourist family accused of bad behaviour around New Zealand. Picture: Christine Cornege /NZ Herald

On January 3, the court heard she returned to the Caltex with her children and stole more Red Bull, rope and sunglasses valued at $50.

Last Tuesday the family was trespassed from Burger King Te Rapa after the family walked through the drive-through.

They had been at the restaurant earlier in the day causing a nuisance and complaining about and asking for free food.

It is understood they claimed to have hair in the food and were refunded more than $30.

On the weekend the “holiday-makers from hell” left rubbish strewn through a Levin hotel room with cleaners having to spend hours to get the accommodation back up to scratch.

A spokesman for the motel told Daily Mail Australia there were cigarette butts scattered on the ground, empty Red Bull cans thrown around the room and towels bunched up in the shower.

The tourist family accused of bad behaviour leaving the Hamilton District Court. Picture: Christine Cornege /NZ Herald

The cleaner also revealed the room was “stinking of poo”.

The cleaner said the room was “really messy, and it smelt like kid’s poo”.

“I had to open all the windows, and I told my boss to leave them open as well as the door, so it could air out,” the cleaner said.

According to the motel, spaghetti was found around the bed while cans and bottles of toiletry items were found dumped on the shower floor.

This article originally appeared on the New Zealand Herald and was reproduced with permission