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  • 1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Tim Brown |Adam Burns

    A local state of emergency remains in place for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula but was lifted in the Selwyn district on Friday afternoon About 50 properties in Selwyn have been affected by flooding Some communities in Banks Peninsula remain cut off due to flooding and slips including the small town of Little RiverResidents in Canterbury's Selwyn district have described record rainfalls that pelted the region as the most they have ever seen.

  • 1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Adam Burns

    The coronial inquest into the death of Juliana Bonilla-Herrera continued on Thursday The Colombian woman was murdered in her flat by convicted rapist Joseph James Brider in 2022 Brider was released on parole just 10 weeks before the brutal killing Senior Corrections staff at the time gave evidence during the fourth day of the coronial inquest into the woman's death A former Corrections' manager has defended how the release of a convicted rapist on parole was handled, before he brutally...

  • 2 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Adam Burns

    Coronial inquest into death of Juliana Bonilla-Herrera continued on Wednesday The Colombian woman was murdered in her flat by convicted rapist Joseph James Brider in 2022 Brider was released on parole just 10 weeks before the brutal killingA probation officer for a convicted rapist who murdered Juliana Bonilla-Herrera in her home has told the woman's grieving sister they had no authority to check who was living next door to him.

  • 2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Adam Burns

    Coronial inquest into death of Juliana Bonilla-Herrera continued on WednesdayThe Colombian woman was murdered in her flat by convicted rapist Joseph James Brider in 2022Brider was released on parole just 10 weeks before the brutal killing. A probation officer for a convicted rapist who murdered Juliana Bonilla-Herrera in her home has told the woman's grieving sister they had no authority to check who was living next door to him.

  • 2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Adam Burns

    You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyChristchurchBy Adam Burns of RNZHigh-risk offenders - similar to the threat posed by the man who murdered Juliana Bonilla-Herrera - are regularly being paroled from prison and into the community, a senior Corrections staff member says. The comments came as the coronial inquest into the Colombian woman's death continued in Christchurch on Tuesday.

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