Northland news briefs: No suspects in suspicious lodge fire; and Hongi Hika s musket withdrawn from sale after authenticity questioned
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kohukohu s Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Kohukohu s Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northern Advocate
Police investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a heritage building in Kohukohu have a few more people to interview but no firm suspects yet. The 130-year-old Masonic Lodge was razed in a ferocious fire that started around 4.30am on April 30. Only the efforts of volunteer firefighters particularly Eva Walker and Lindsey Davidson and a neighbour with a garden hose stopped the fire spreading to nearby cottages. Kaitaia Detective Sergeant Simon Wihongi said he planned to interview a few more people this
Christchurch Call: Tech giants, governments meet in push against extremism online
14 May, 2021 08:21 PM
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After signing the Christchurch Call to action in Paris, Prime minister Jacinda Ardern signed an upgraded trade deal alongside Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2019. Photo / File
After signing the Christchurch Call to action in Paris, Prime minister Jacinda Ardern signed an upgraded trade deal alongside Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2019. Photo / File
AP
Tech giants and governments around the world, including the US for the first time, are gathering virtually this week to find better ways to stop extremist violence from spreading online while also respecting freedom of expression.