Eight people injured after school bus crashes into ditch near Murchison, 4 rescue choppers dispatched
8 Mar, 2021 04:57 AM
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A police spokeswoman said four rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald
Eight people have been injured after a school bus crashed into a ditch in the South Island s Shenandoah region.
A police spokeswoman said four rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene.
Nine people were on the bus.
Police received a report at 4.20pm of a bus crashing into a ditch off the Shenandoah Highway in Shenandoah, near Murchison.
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South Sudan Suspends Airline After Plane Crash
Black box to be sent to Ukraine to establish cause of crash, says official. South Sudan s president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. As a temporary measure to deal with these avoidable air accidents before the laws governing civil aviation are strengthened via legislative means, I am hereby directing Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority to suspend South Supreme Airlines operations in South Sudan. This measure is necessary for these institutions to ascertain airworthiness of the remaining South Supreme planes, and restore public confidence in air travel in the country, President Salva Kiir Mayardit said in a statement read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation.
Dunedin man jailed for forcing himself on elderly neighbour
4 Mar, 2021 06:15 PM
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Raukawa Knight was sentenced to prison when he appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday. Photo / ODT
Raukawa Knight was sentenced to prison when he appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday. Photo / ODT
Otago Daily Times
A man who drunkenly forced himself on his elderly neighbour before assaulting police has been sent to prison.
Raukawa Knight, 42, was heavily intoxicated at the Brockville home he shared with his mother on January 13, the Dunedin District Court heard yesterday.
After becoming angry over the deteriorating state of his relationship, he started to destroy items including a TV and PlayStation.
Court quashes decision by Chief Ombudsman on basis of unfiltered emails to Speaker Mallard
2 Mar, 2021 12:29 AM
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Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier. Photo / Office of the Ombudsman
Audrey Young is political editor for the New Zealand Heraldaudrey.young@nzherald.co.nz@audreyNZH
The High Court has quashed a decision made by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier on the grounds that emails he sent to Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard showed he did not have an open mind on an issue he was considering.
And the court has strongly suggested that reconsideration of the matter – about the use of the name Ombudsman by a dispute resolution service – be delegated to a temporary Ombudsman.