New technology helps farmers to remove nitrates from water
Associate Professor in Environmental Hydrology and Soil Science Ranvir Singh explains to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern the results of their research.
Massey University scientists unveiled a prototype of their novel systems for stripping nitrate from farm drainage at this year’s Fieldays, capturing hundreds of people s attention including farmers of all ages, members of the public and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Associate Professor in Environmental Hydrology and Soil Science Dr Ranvir Singh and Associate Professor in Soil Science Dr David Horne have been working on this project since 2018 and were excited to share the next step with the public.
The 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes dramatically changed Christchurch s landscape, with many heritage buildings lost.
Heritage advocates claim many of Christchurch s historic buildings were hastily bowled after the deadly February 2011 earthquake, while city leaders say safety was their priority. STEVEN WALTON reports. Carolyn Fletcher loved living in the Gothic Revival-style Cranmer Courts building. “As a little girl I looked at the place and said to my parents that would make a lovely place to live’. I just thought it was a gorgeous building,” she says.
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Cranmer Courts residents Carolyn Fletcher, left, and Phylippa Gough in front of the heritage building in 2012, before it demolished.
Father of abused boy speaks out: Home detention not enough
17 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Dean Ross Gray was sentenced in the Wellington District Court on Tuesday. Photo / Melissa Nightingale
The father of a boy whose leg was twisted so violently that his femur broke has spoken out about the sentence the child s abuser received, saying home detention is not enough .
The four-year-old Kāpiti boy used to cower in fear when his abuser, Dean Ross Gray, entered the room, the Wellington District Court heard on Tuesday.
Gray was in court for sentencing this week, having earlier pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to injure, and one representative charge of ill-treating a child.
Dean Ross Gray sentenced for child abuse after breaking boy s leg
16 Feb, 2021 12:35 AM
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A man who twisted a 4-year-old boy s leg violently enough to break his femur and caused the child to cower in fear every time he entered the room has been sentenced to home detention.
Dean Ross Gray appeared in the Wellington District Court this afternoon for sentencing on one charge of wounding with intent to injure, and one representative charge of ill-treatment of a child.
According to the summary of facts, the victim was 3 years old when the abuse against him began in June 2017.