A truck driver captures a dangerous driver on the Napier-Taupo road in the early hours of Friday morning.
The Napier-Taupō Road didn’t make the list for New Zealand’s most dangerous highways, despite it recording eight deaths in the space of a year. But that hasn t stopped a police officer from wanting to make the road a safer place for drivers. Stuff reporter Georgia-May Gilbertson joined Constable Steven Knox on the road, after his idea for safety campaign Stay Alive on 5 became a reality last year. Steven Knox never tires of driving the notorious State Highway 5, otherwise known as the Napier-Taupō Road.
d.c., local activists inspired by the occupy d.c. movement. they want the city to restore the franklin building as a homeless shelter. they said it former madian fenty shut it down in 2008. now, supporters say that the homeless activists say they have a point. we are right on the cusp of high yo thermia. you see hundreds and hundreds of homeless people getting different services not from the city but churches and charities that don t have the resources to fully meeted need of this needy population. right now, we have community space lying empty that should be used for the public good. there ace shelter knee st. elizabeth hospital 801 east but that s really far from the services that they need and the support that they don t have. reporter: the activists who were arrested and their supporters vowed this is not the last we ve heard from them. he want the community to decide what should happen to the old franklin building. to that end, they are calling for a meeting with t