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Waka Kotahi NZTA map showing road closures cutting off Nelson, at 11.20am on Sunday. ”Contractors are aiming to re-open SH1 by midday and we expect to re-open a route through to Nelson by the end of the day via SH6 and SH65. We are also assessing flood damage on SH7 north of Hanmer this morning which completes this critical link.” The damage was still being assessed, and it was too early to say when other roads would be reopened, she said. Anyone driving would need to take extra care as there was still surface flooding and debris on the roads.
Mike Mather05:00, Jun 02 2021
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A man taking a mid-morning jog around Lake Rotoroa one Sunday was unexpectedly set upon, beaten and stomped in a random and apparently racially motivated attack (stock image).
A man jogging around Lake Rotoroa in central Hamilton was set upon by a complete stranger who stomped and clubbed him with a large wooden stake – for no other apparent reason than he happened to be Asian. Hamilton man Robert Kepa, 49, was jailed for two years and 11 months when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Monday on a charge of injuring with intent to injure, which Judge Glen Marshall agreed must have been a racial hate crime.
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