Police Association disagrees with minister over reason for recruitment halt
26 Jan, 2021 10:08 PM
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Police training has been halted. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Cheree Kinnear is a sports reporter for NZMEcheree.kinnear@nzherald.co.nz
The Police Association is at odds with the Police Minister over an advancement of budget funds to continue training new officers, while delayed recruits face losing their positions when wings recommence.
The brakes have gone on training new officers with candidates scheduled to attend the Royal New Zealand Police College in February told their entry would be deferred until later in 2021 after recruitment requirements were reconsidered.
Donkeys losing against speedy motorisation in rural areas
Business
January 22, 2021
HYDERABAD: Increasing motorisation of rural transportation has forced Muhammad Hassan, a donkey cart owner, to sell his beloved animal in the Hala New town market for a mere Rs20,000.
He expected to get Rs40,000-50,000 for the donkey. But with nobody willing to pay that much, he compromised on the price so he could buy a motorbike-pulled wooden cart.
Hassan is a farmer in village Karam Khan Nizamani near Hala, Matiari district. According to him, gone were the days when rural families considered the donkey important for transporting grass fodder, wheat straw, cotton, wheat, onion and seasonal fruits like mango and jujube during the harvest seasons.