Police shooting: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun
12 Apr, 2021 05:37 PM
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Warning: Police body camera footage of the shooting of Daunte Wright. Video / @webster
AP
By: Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press
Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop say the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.
The man identified by relatives as 20-year-old Daunte Wright died on Sunday in Brooklyn Center, a city of about 30,000 people on the northwest border of Minneapolis. His death sparked violent protests, with officers in riot gear clashing with demonstrators into Monday morning.
Tararua photographic competition through the lens of our people
10 Mar, 2021 02:23 AM
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Tararua Mayor Tracey Collis and Ollie Bowie with his award for his winning entry in the photographic competition to mark Tararua District s 30 years. Photo / Supplied
Tararua Mayor Tracey Collis and Ollie Bowie with his award for his winning entry in the photographic competition to mark Tararua District s 30 years. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Sue Emeny
As part of Tararua District s 30th anniversary celebration people were asked to show what Tararua District meant to them through a photgraphic competition.
The answer was simple. The competition revealed Tararua meant Home .
End of an era : New Zealand Oil & Gas drops last oil permit in what was meant to be a new North Sea
10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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OMV was the last company to drill for oil off the coast of the South Island at the state of 2020, using the Chinese-owned COSL Prospector. Photo / Supplied
OMV was the last company to drill for oil off the coast of the South Island at the state of 2020, using the Chinese-owned COSL Prospector. Photo / Supplied The Great South Basin, long touted as a possible new North Sea appears set to produce not a single barrel of oil or gas, with the last remaining exploration permit set to be surrendered to
Everything you need to know about Twizel, Mackenzie
6 Mar, 2021 06:00 PM
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Jason Menard and his family at Loch Cameron, Twizel, Mackenzie. Photo / Jack Austin
NZ Herald
By: Jason Menard
Twizel wasn t built to last, but it ended up becoming one of New Zealand s absolute winners! Twizel was built in the late 1960s as a temporary town to house the workers on the hydroelectric scheme and was meant to be demolished in the early 1980s. The residents fought a lengthy legal battle with the government and the town was eventually handed over to the Mackenzie District Council. Back in the day you could buy a Twizel house for a ridiculously low sum of money, sometimes as cheap as a few thousand. There are stories of people trading Twizel sections during poker games!
Project Auckland: After the pandemic we need a smarter city
4 Mar, 2021 03:59 PM
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Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson says Auckland faces a unique set of challenges. We re recovering from the impact of Covid. It has meant significant disruption for businesses, industries and individuals. While that is not over yet, we are more on the side of recovery than some other nations. Then are other tests in front of us: Climate change, poverty and the way our productivity continues to lag other OECD countries. Technology has to play a critical, enabling role as we find solutions to these questions.