Everyone s watching their backs : Street safety concerns in Wellington CBD
18 Feb, 2021 09:35 PM
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First-ever projection show onto Wellington Opera House lights up problem area & headlines inaugural festival celebrating the capital’s cityscape. Video / Storybox
First-ever projection show onto Wellington Opera House lights up problem area & headlines inaugural festival celebrating the capital’s cityscape. Video / Storybox
Wellington reporter, NewstalkZB
There are growing concerns about the safety of Wellington s CBD following a fatal assault in the Te Papa carpark.
Police have launched a homicide investigation after 58-year-old Simon Strickland was found seriously injured outside the national museum about 7.15pm on Saturday, February 13.
Wellington police warn of risk after two incidents with suspected fake MDMA
12 Feb, 2021 01:15 AM
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People might be taking what they think is ecstasy, but is actually something else entirely. Photo / File
People might be taking what they think is ecstasy, but is actually something else entirely. Photo / File
Wellington police are warning partiers to be vigilant after two recent incidents where people passed out in local bars after taking what they thought was ecstasy.
Area prevention manager Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee said some members of the community were taking party type pills believing they were MDMA or ecstasy - but there was a chance the pills might actually be the much more dangerous eutylone.