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The change has occurred following complaints about increased risks to pedestrians and a lack of space for emergency vehicles. (File photo) It will revoke a 2005 council decision that permitted footpath parking anywhere in Wellington apart from the central city and suburban centres, provided at least one metre of footpath space was left fee. The feedback found that just 35 of the 246 submitters who commented on the idea opposed the change. Those in favour said it was important to keep road space free for waste and emergency services vehicles, and for pedestrians to have unobstructed footpath access. Only councillors Diane Calvert, Simon Woolf, and Nicola Young voted against the new bylaw, which included the footpath parking ban.
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Katrina Munting was a 15-year-old high school student when she was groomed and repeatedly sexually abused by one of her teachers in the late 1990s.
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Australian sexual assault support services are reporting an increase in people contacting them for help
Australian of the Year Grace Tame hopes discussions will turn into action focusing on education as the primary means of preventing future abuse
Survivor Katrina Munting says it s like someone s flicked a switch making it OK to talk about sexual abuse To be able to go, This is me, and this is why I am who I am that has made such a difference, Ms Munting said.
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