Caged protesters call for animal rights in Napier
13 Mar, 2021 11:46 PM
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Animal rights protesters inside cages on Napier s Emerson St. Photo / Paul Taylor
Shoppers were met with protesters locked inside cages on Napier s busiest shopping streets on Sunday afternoon.
A handful of animal rights activists gathered on Emerson St to raise awareness of the exploitation of caged hens and pigs within the food industry.
The protest organiser, who wished to remain anonymous, said 65 to 69 per cent of pigs are kept in battery cages and farrowing/gestation crates where they live a pitiful existence in cramped, stressful and filthy conditions .
Napier s calm between the storm and the earthquake
5 Mar, 2021 04:40 AM
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Local Hawke s Bay woman captures image of anticrepuscular rays off Marine Parade, Napier. Photo / Averil Mucalo
Local Hawke s Bay woman captures image of anticrepuscular rays off Marine Parade, Napier. Photo / Averil Mucalo
Hawkes Bay Today
After Thursday evening s thunderstorms had swept across Hawke s Bay and the North Island Averil Mucalo took this image of a weird light on Marine Parade.
According to MetService meteorologist Angus Hines this scene is of anticrepuscular rays. Essentially, the sun is directly behind the camera or the person standing there. The reason it looks like they re all converging to a single point is more of a perspective thing, and in fact, they are parallel rays, but as they go towards the horizon they look like they all converge.
News reporter Sean Hogan ghosted live on Napier s Bluff Hill
5 Mar, 2021 02:09 AM
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A man on Bluff Hill giving reporter Sean Hogan bunny ears while crossing live to the 1 News studio. Photo / Screenshot
A man on Bluff Hill giving reporter Sean Hogan bunny ears while crossing live to the 1 News studio. Photo / Screenshot
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By: Louise Gould
Napier Port workers evacuated amid Hawke s Bay s tsunami warnings were seen passing the time by ghosting 1 News reporter Sean Hogan on Bluff Hill at midday on Friday.
While Hogan was live on air giving a tsunami update for the region workers in high-vis could be seen waving at the camera, popping up behind the reporter and even giving him the bunny ears .
Council closes Napier s resident-made sandpit due to safety concerns
5 Mar, 2021 02:23 AM
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Gary Hunt pictured with the sandpit in 2020. Photo / File
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The public sandpit at Ahuriri Beach created by resident Gary Hunt has been removed by council due to a number of safety risks .
The sandpit filled with plastic children s toys was created by the fourth-generation Ahuriri resident in 2019. After two years of delightful enjoyment the Napier City Council has removed the Ahuriri sandpit and proposes to remove the line of rocks, Hunt shared on his Facebook page.
The letter to Hunt from the council notes that the sandpit and rock wall created and maintained by him on Ahuriri Beach reserve land were without proper consent from council .