By Advertiser Reporter A SCHOOL caretaker downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children onto school-owned iPads. Colin Jones, 56, lost his job at Oakhurst Community Primary School when the allegations came to light last year. But he was given his liberty after a judge at Swindon Crown Court heard he had started specialist therapy sessions and was deemed by the probation service to be a realistic prospect of rehabilitation. Sentencing him to nine months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, Judge Peter Crabtree said: “Anyone who is involved in downloading images of this nature is [involved] in criminality which fuels the abuse of young children and which can have a lifelong physical or psychological effect on those who are victims.
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Wealthy investors due to arrive on new border exemption Amy Williams
Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive New Zealand in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) expects 220 wealthy individuals will arrive over the next year, bringing hundreds of millions in direct investment, job creation and skills.
MBIE said it has not publicised the border changes widely because it only applies to those shoulder-tapped by state agencies.
The two new border exemptions get the briefest of descriptions on the Immigration NZ website - just the names of the government programmes they are linked to.
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Interest in New Zealand as a research and development destination had surged due to the country s response to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images, File
Interest in New Zealand as a research and development destination had surged due to the country s response to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images, File
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Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive New Zealand in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) expects 220 wealthy individuals will arrive over the next year, bringing hundreds of millions in direct investment, job creation and skills.
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