A blood test showed a result of 181-milligrams of alcohol per 100-millilitres of blood. The blood alcohol limit for drivers 20 years and over is 50-mg of alcohol per 100-ml of blood. Shaw, an apprentice electrician, told police “he did not know what to do” and so left the scene. He offered no explanation for driving intoxicated and admitted to having consumed two bottles of wine.
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He was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court on Thursday in relation to the offending. In court, defence lawyer Susan Hurley said Shaw had endured a long day before he made the decision to get behind the wheel.
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The bodies of Richard Phillips and Peter Kirkwood were recovered shortly after 8am Thursday with the assistance of the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter and Police Search and Rescue and Alpine Cliff Rescue personnel.
OPINION: Taranaki Maunga is a challenging yet popular mountain for trampers in summer and climbers all year round. Its beauty is well known, but unfortunately it also has a reputation as one of the deadliest mountains in New Zealand. The NZ Mountain Safety Council (MSC) is often asked just how deadly Taranaki Maunga is and why. In recent years, MSC has conducted detailed analysis of safety incidents on the mountain and throughout New Zealand, as well as providing expert reports and safety recommendations to coroners to support fatality investigations.
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay was sidetracked from the latest GDT result by Fonterra announcing a share trading halt this morning.
On with the show:
Marc Rivers:
Fonterra s Chief Financial Officer commented on another good solid GDT auction and the rationale behind the co-op s share trading halt announced this morning.
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Rob Hewett:
We asked Chairman Rob if he was running a dictatorship at our biggest meat processing company, as Silver Fern Farms played musical chairs with its chairmen. Plus, we looked at the climatic and supply link challenges facing the red meat industry.
Police found the bodies of two climbers, who were Christchurch-based and worked for the same company, just after midnight. But due to the conditions overnight the bodies could not be recovered. Officers and Alpine Cliff Rescue staff then spent much of Wednesday on the mountain attempting a recovery, and conducting a scene examination, but were unsuccessful and all off the maunga by 5pm.
Stuff understands both men were from Christchurch and worked for environmental and engineering consultancy company Tonkin and Taylor. It is understood the two men were in Taranaki for work, but the climb was not work-related.
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