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Northland speed sign wrecking spree costing ratepayers big money
9 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM
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Some speed limit signs, like this one near Bay of Islands Airport, have been rammed with a vehicle presumably fitted with bull bars. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Some speed limit signs, like this one near Bay of Islands Airport, have been rammed with a vehicle presumably fitted with bull bars. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Far North ratepayers are facing bills of tens of thousands of dollars to repair road signs wrecked in a vandalism spree.
Police probe abhorrent racist graffiti found across Newcastle s West End
Both Northumbria Police and a senior councillor have condemned the messages
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Racist graffiti has been found across Newcastle s West End - including yards from a primary school.
Police are treating the awful slurs, spray-painted on walls and etched on bollards, as a hate crime.
KYLE DIXON, 21, of Broadwood Close, Ringland, Newport, was ordered to pay £239 in a fine, costs and a surcharge after he pleaded guilty to committing a Communications Act offence.
ADAM SLOWIK, 33, of Barrack Hill, Newport, was banned from driving for 23 months after he pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was ordered to pay £635 in a fine, costs and a surcharge.
BRETT JONES, 38, of Georgetown, Tredegar, was banned from driving for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was ordered to pay £239 in a fine, costs and a surcharge.
BENJAMIN OSBORNE, 28, of Bronmynydd, Abertridwr, Caerphilly, was banned from driving for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to drug driving with cannabis derivative delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood.
Covid 19 coronavirus: North Hokianga A and Show cancelled
15 Feb, 2021 08:45 PM
3 minutes to read
The Country
One of New Zealand s northernmost A and P shows has been cancelled as a result of the new Covid-19 crisis.
The North Hokianga A and Show was to have been held on Friday and Saturday at Broadwood, about 45km south of Kaitaia and 65km west of Kaikohe.
Executive committee member Tony Clutterbuck, who has been involved in running the show s shearing competition for about 40 years, said the decision was made at a meeting last night. The decision wasn t made lightly, there was a lot of discussion, but we had no option, he said.