He was 20 when he saw Alkema walking beside the river on a Saturday morning. He followed her, strap in hand, strangled her from behind and dragged her into the bushes. Her disordered clothing suggested a sexual motive, but Abraham denied it.
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Nika Abraham pictured in March 2003 at his trial for murdering Lower Hutt woman Kate Alkema. (File photo) In discussions with the Parole Board and a psychologist it emerged in 2020 that Abraham had followed two other women before he killed Alkema. Once he was carrying a knife, and he frightened the other woman so that she dropped a computer tablet.
Recent heavy rain
during Saturday 17 July 2021
may
have washed dead possums poisoned with 1080, from a possum
control operation on Friday 2 July 2021
in the Akatarawa Forest, down the Hutt River
and into Wellington Harbour.
On Sunday, Greater
Wellington will be erecting warning signs and checking
beaches from Petone through to Pencarrow. Once the level of
the Hutt River has gone down, staff will check both sides
for possum carcasses from Upper Hutt to
Petone.
Greater Wellington Biosecurity Manager Davor
Bejakovich said that any dead possums aren’t a threat to
people, but would still be poisonous to dogs.
“While
people aren’t at risk from these poisoned carcasses, we
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging dog owners to keep their dogs away from the Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches until staff have checked these areas for dead possums poisoned with 1080. Recent heavy rain during Saturday 17 July …
Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging dog owners to keep their dogs away from the Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches until staff have checked these areas for dead possums poisoned with 1080.
Recent heavy rain during Saturday 17 July 2021
may have washed dead possums poisoned with 1080, from a possum control operation on Friday 2 July 2021
in the Akatarawa Forest, down the Hutt River and into Wellington Harbour.
By 6pm on Saturday, almost half of the residents in the West Coast town of Westport had been evacuated in what Buller mayor Jamie Cleine called “an evolving situation”. Cleine said just over 2000 of the town’s roughly 4500 residents have had to evacuate their homes. About 8:30pm on Saturday, an alert was sent to residents in Westport by Civil Defence saying those that had not yet evacuated should shelter in place.
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An emergency alert sent by West Coast civil defence on Saturday evening said Westport residents who had not yet evacuated their homes should shelter in place. Lisa Gregory, who was working in the Emergency Operations Centre, popped back to check on her Gladstone St property on Saturday afternoon, but like many in the area, knee-high water meant she was unable to get inside.
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The Regional Council is urging dog owners to keep their dogs away from the Hutt River and Wellington Harbour beaches until staff have checked these areas for dead possums poisoned with 1080.
Dead possums poisoned with 1080, from a possum control operation on Friday 2 July in the Akatarawa Forest, may have been washed down the Hutt River and into Wellington Harbour during today’s heavy rain.
On Sunday, the council Greater Wellington will be erecting warning signs and checking beaches from Petone through to Pencarrow. Once the level of the Hutt River has gone down, staff will check both sides for possum carcasses from Upper Hutt to Petone.