She touched him lightly on the head with a rope, which was accepted practice at the pool. The man s lawyer Sonya Vidal said Tume had been offended after the lifeguard hit him lightly on the head with a rope to gain his attention, because her actions were culturally offensive to Māori. Vidal said Tume had been racially abused in the past. Tume got out of the pool and raised his right arm as though to hit her, then grabbed the lifeguard and tackled her to the ground. He dragged her into the pool and submerged her underwater, the summary said.
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23 June, 2021, 12:10 pm
Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard might be dividing opinion but one rival competitor says she has nothing but respect for the Kiwi. ALEX PANTLING/GETTY IMAGES
Laurel Hubbard – the first openly transgender athlete selected for the Olympic Games – guards her privacy zealously, but has always insisted all she wants is to be herself.
Yet, the 43-year-old has been a polarising figure since she burst onto the world weightlifting stage in 2017 after transitioning to female.
The debate Hubbard has lived with for the last four years is likely to remain intense, after she was named in a five-strong New Zealand weightlifting team for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Man who flouted Covid-19 lockdown rules has conviction quashed after error
12 May, 2021 04:37 AM
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Fraser Wright Maddigan was charged after being found in his car in Queenstown on March 30 last year. Photo / 123RF
Fraser Wright Maddigan was charged after being found in his car in Queenstown on March 30 last year. Photo / 123RF
Otago Daily Times
By: Karen Pasco
A man who flouted Covid-19 lockdown rules in the southern region has had his conviction quashed after a fundamental error was made by a duty solicitor and judge.
Fraser Wright Maddigan pleaded guilty to breaching the Civil Defence Emergency Act 2002 when he appeared before Judge Bernadette Farnan on April 2 last year in the Invercargill District Court.