Death of 63-year-old woman in Waihī house fire unexplained , police say
3 May, 2021 06:26 AM
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Residents and emergency services at the scene of a house fire in Queen St, Waihī. Photo / Supplied
Residents and emergency services at the scene of a house fire in Queen St, Waihī. Photo / Supplied The death of a woman whose body was found outside her home as the building was engulfed in flames has been described as unexplained .
Police are investigating the cause of death of a 63-year-old woman who died at the residential address on Queen St, Waihi today at about 10.20am. It s unexplained, said Detective Glenn Ewing. It appears there was just a single person on the site.
Impressive : Global watchdog rates NZ police efforts at seizing criminal wealth, advises software upgrade to identify money launderers
30 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM
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Nearly $1m seized from a senior Head Hunter gang member involved in drug manufacture. The cash was hidden inside his bed. Photo / Supplied
Nearly $1m seized from a senior Head Hunter gang member involved in drug manufacture. The cash was hidden inside his bed. Photo / Supplied
An international evaluation of New Zealand s ability to prevent and investigate money laundering says company and trust structures are a major vulnerability, but ranks the police efforts to seize suspected criminal wealth as among the best in the world.
Housing crisis: Whanganui council considers joint initiative with iwi
29 Apr, 2021 05:25 AM
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Whanganui District Council building. Photo / LDR
Moana is a Local Democracy Reporter based in Whanganui
Whanganui District Council and iwi are looking at partnering in a joint initiative to address the housing crisis recently described as horrific by local iwi.
The traditional roles and functions of councils will come under the spotlight in the Local Government review announced last week, but Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall said his council was already looking into new sectors flagged up locally as being the most pressing areas of community need.
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described the killing of a top commander of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, Ikonso Don as a disaster.
This was contained in a statement by the Secretary-General of the organization, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
He said the killing had made Ikonso a martyr and further worsened the tensed security situation in the Southeast zone.
Isiguzoro while questioning the circumstances surrounding the killing of the IPOB member, declared that “we have taken time to study the entire situation before issuing this statement and we feel that many questions are left unanswered.
“There are strong counter claims that Ikonso was not killed during a gun duel contrary to the statement by security agencies. And our question is: why kill a man you have taken captive? Why did they not arrest and prosecute him in a court of competent jurisdiction?