Gibbo steps aside after 43 years on the Hawke s Bay beat
21 Apr, 2021 04:42 AM
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Senior Constable Shane Gibson (fifth from left), with other stars of community policing in Napier at the Marewa base. Photo / Supplied
Senior Constable Shane Gibson (fifth from left), with other stars of community policing in Napier at the Marewa base. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Doug Laing
When long-time Napier community policeman Senior Constable Shane Gibson retired last week after 43 years in uniform he just had to give something back. You have to give all the gear back he said, as the 61-year-old put together the shirts, trou and other items accrued over the years.
Māori and Pasifika mourn loss of former Ngā Tamatoa activist and Polynesian Panther Miriama Rauhihi-Ness
17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Miriama Rauhihi-Ness (second from left) and son - a very young Che Fu (right) pose with other members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Photo / Supplied
Reporter, NZ Herald
Māori and Pasifika activists are mourning Ngā Tamatoa and Polynesian Panther heroine Miriama Rauhihi-Ness, who died suddenly from cancer on March 15.
The Ngāti Whakatere and Ngāti Taki Hiku descendant was instrumental in the mobilisation of the Polynesian Panthers as well as the 1975 Land March which was led by Dame Whina Cooper.