Outlaws MC leader s homicide: Wife pays tribute - They ve completely devastated my life
1 Apr, 2021 10:05 PM
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Peter Lui, who was fatally attacked on Monday, with his widow Kelly Cook. Photo / Supplied
The wife of an Outlaws Motorcycle Club leader fatally assaulted near his Napier pad says a flat car battery that forced him to take his bike to work may have cost him his life.
Peter Lui died following an assault by two people in Mersey St in Pandora, Napier, about 1.20pm on Monday.
Police have launched a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been made to date. They believe it is an isolated incident .
MP Stuart Nash v Napier mayor Kirsten Wise as gang violence turns into political brouhaha
1 Apr, 2021 02:23 AM
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MP for Napier Stuart Nash says the city is safe - despite gang violence. Photo / Paul Taylor
MP for Napier Stuart Nash says the city is safe - despite gang violence. Photo / Paul Taylor
Napier MP Stuart Nash has hit out at Napier mayor Kirsten Wise for publicly stating concerns for the safety of her city, and has suggested her council should enact a gang patch ban instead.
Wise told media this week that people in her city believe they are unsafe. Her comments were published the morning before Outlaws Motorcycle Club member Peter Michael Lui was fatally stabbed in Napier s Pandora industrial area.
Repeat pāua poacher from Napier handed fishing ban
1 Apr, 2021 03:13 AM
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Kelly Makoare was found with 52 paua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawkes Bay in February 2020. Photo / File
Kelly Makoare was found with 52 paua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawkes Bay in February 2020. Photo / File
A Napier man has been handed a three-year fishing ban after being caught with more than five times the daily limit of pāua.
Kelly Horowai Makoare was found with 52 pāua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawke s Bay in February following an inspection by Ministry for Primary Industries Fishery Officers.
Brilliant : America s Cup race viewers at Napier Sailing Club react
17 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM
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Sailing veterans Tom and Vicky Jackson were thrilled were glad to be at the Napier Sailing Club watching when New Zealand won. Photo / Paul Taylor It comes down to who s got the fastest boat, Commodore Rob Hengst said.
He said it had been a great week of sailing and was thrilled with the result. The early part of the regatta had been a bit hard on the heart.
Advertisement But I think Peter Burling knew exactly what he wanted to do and he picked the right side of the course.
Watch: Safe containing thousands of dollars taken in brazen burglary in Napier
17 Mar, 2021 12:53 AM
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A Napier man has been left shaken and several thousand dollars short after two burglars broke into his commercial business and stole a safe from his office.
Shortly after 5am on February 26, Colourcraft Painting, Decorating and Coating Contractors director Peter Gerbes received a call from the security team because the building s alarm had been activated.
He couldn t see anything on the cameras so dismissed it as a false alarm and went back to bed.
About 20 minutes later he got a call from the police and this time rushed down to the site on Cadbury Rd.