Real estate agent admits assaulting Far North s top police officer
3 May, 2021 09:00 PM
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Far North Area Commander Inspector Riki Whiu. Photo / NZ Police
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Kerikeri real estate agent has been charged with assaulting the Far North s top cop in a horrendous case of mistaken identity.
The assault occurred in a Paihia bar while the officer was off duty.
Kevin Lloyd, 27, appeared in the Kaikohe District Court on April 20 charged with assault with intent to injure.
According to court documents the man he assaulted was Roderick Whiu - better known as Far North Area Commander Inspector Riki Whiu.
Incredible spirals of water have ascended into the sky from the ocean during a storm off the New South Wales coast.
The amazing water spouts were seen off the coast at Taree, Harrington and Old Bar as storms hit the Mid North coast of NSW on Tuesday afternoon.
The waterspouts are formed when cool air travels over warm water such as the ocean, which allows vigorous drafts to form which then tighten up into a spinning column.
The incredible water spirals were seen off the Mid North Coast of NSW during thunderstorms
In the recent days temperatures have dropped in NSW due to a low pressure system.
Other parts of South East Queensland also copped heavy rain overnight, with Forestdale, south of Brisbane, copping over 70mm and Thornton, south of Toowoomba, receiving over 60mm by midday Wednesday.
The band stretches from around Bundaberg in central Queensland coast all the way down to Port Macquarie on the central NSW coast.(Nine)
The conditions are a result of moisture at ground level which is being compressed from above by a mass of dry air creating cloud at ground level.
On top of the thunderstorms, the heavy fog is also impacting parts of the NSW Far North Coast with the storms likely in Byron Bay, Grafton and Tweed Heads today and tomorrow.
A NSW Surf Life Saving drone has found a man who went missing in bushland on the Mid North Coast.
The man had been missing for two days, and police had serious concerns for his safety, when the search started last Thursday near Kooloonbung Creek.
The nature reserve surrounding the creek is a dense, 52-hectare park, in the centre of Port Macquarie.
Port Macquarie Lifeguard Supervisor James Turnham began an aerial search at 1pm over water and bushland.
Just after 2pm that day, and with the low battery signal sounding, James saw a small blue object in the trees.
He launched the drone again and was able to tell rescuers where to go.
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