Rotorua park stalker: Case of man who stalked runner put off again nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Puarenga Park runner stalker: Rotorua s Rongopai Pene s sentencing put off
22 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
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Rongopai Pene in the Rotorua District Court. Photo / Kelly Makiha The victim of a creepy stalking incident who was followed while running through a Rotorua track says she feels angry and exhausted by the justice system after a delay in her perpetrator being held to account.
Rongopai Pene, 21, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday for what was supposed to be his sentencing after previously pleaded guilty to four charges.
The charges include accosting a woman on a walking track on September 21 knowing his conduct was likely reasonably to frighten the woman and three counts of burglary.
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Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: September 2020
6 Jan, 2021 08:00 PM
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Rotorua s Hamish Hodgson is building the region s first reusable glass bottle milk factory on his Hamurana farm. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here s what made headlines in September.
September 5
Rotorua man Hamish Hodgson announced plans to build a swap-a-bottle fresh milk factory from his Hamurana farm at a cost of close to $500,000.
The announcement was made after more than two years of work behind the scenes and the venture is expected to be called Volcanic Creamery.
Hodgson had returned to Rotorua after years abroad with a dream of developing something new and innovative on his family farm.