Lone tree protester halting felling of macrocarpa at Auckland housing development site
11 Feb, 2021 02:03 AM
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A protester at the intersection of Ash St and Great North Rd, Auckland, where Ockham Developments is planning to fell an old macrocarpa tree Photo / Hayden Woodward
One rogue protester clinging to a 120-year-old macrocarpa tree on an Auckland housing development site remains the final barrier before its removal.
Protest group Mana Rākau has surrendered, now saying the tree s removal is the only way the Ockham and Marutūāhu Collective development of 117 units in Avondale can go ahead.
Several protesters who occupied the tree last month now believe keeping the tree in place would cost all parties tens of thousands of dollars and put families who purchased apartments under stress.
It s our job : Warning after Dunedin student sleuth confronts phone thief
18 Jan, 2021 12:15 AM
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Otago Daily Times
A 20-year-old Dunedin man used an app to track his stolen phone and knocked on the alleged thief s door, prompting a police warning about people taking matters into their own hands.
Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said over the weekend the victim had his phone stolen from a Clyde St address he was visiting, along with an acoustic guitar, Macbook computer and hair straighteners.
He used a Find My iPhone application to track his phone to an address on Walter St, The Glen and knocked on the door.