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Maxwell: The man behind a town s name
16 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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The district named after George Maxwell is on course to be renamed Pakaraka. Photo / File
Whanganui Chronicle
By: Dave Scoullar
In Whanganui District Council discussions George Maxwell has been described as probably not the nicest guy. Whether he was or not it s indisputable that he played a prominent part in an infamous event. Just over 150 years later the district named after him is on course to revert to its earlier name of Pakaraka.
So who was Maxwell and how did it come to this? He was born in Alloa, Scotland, and arrived as a young boy in Wellington in March 1852 on the Agra with his parents John and Catherine Maxwell.
Press Release – NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is taking advantage of continued fine weather in Northland to push ahead with its summer road maintenance programme.
All crews are back at work after the Christmas holiday break but will stay off the roads on the Fridays before Auckland Anniversary Weekend (Friday, 29 January) and the Waitangi Day Weekend (Friday, 5 February) to minimise disruption for holiday traffic.
“Our crews completed about 30 lane kilometres of road resurfacing before Christmas, and we plan to do another 80 lane kilometres before the end of summer,” says Waka Kotahi Senior System Manager Wayne Oldfield.
“Warm summer months are the best time for resurfacing as daylight hours are longer and the warm temperatures and dry air help the new seal stick to the road surface.”
Press Release – NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is taking advantage of continued fine weather in Northland to push ahead with its summer road maintenance programme. All crews are back at work after the Christmas holiday break but will stay off the roads on the …
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is taking advantage of continued fine weather in Northland to push ahead with its summer road maintenance programme.
All crews are back at work after the Christmas holiday break but will stay off the roads on the Fridays before Auckland Anniversary Weekend (Friday, 29 January) and the Waitangi Day Weekend (Friday, 5 February) to minimise disruption for holiday traffic.
New Zealand s most profitable mobile speed camera issues 18,294 tickets in three years
24 Dec, 2020 01:10 AM
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RNZ
By Ben Strang of RNZ
Official figures show the police s most active and profitable mobile speed camera van parks up on State Highway 1 through Wellsford.
A mobile speed camera parked between Davies and School roads, a 50km/h zone, has issued 18,294 tickets since January 2018, worth $1.135 million.
The camera location has issued more than double the number of fines than the next most prolific location over that three-year period.
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In December last year, 3846 fines were issued worth $173,660.
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That s 124 tickets and $5600 worth of fines every day.