Melissa Nightingale
Reporter at New Zealand Herald
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6 days ago |
newstalkzb.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale
Ronan Apiti, 24, was sentenced for animal cruelty after severely beating his family dog, Buck. Judge Russell Collins sentenced Apiti to 12 months of supervision and 60 hours of community work. Apiti is banned from owning or caring for a dog for five years. A Lower Hutt man who drunkenly beat the family dog so badly that he permanently disfigured it told police the dog was like one of his children and “that’s how they do it in the West Coast”.
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6 days ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale
Ronan Apiti, 24, was sentenced for animal cruelty after severely beating his family dog, Buck. Judge Russell Collins sentenced Apiti to 12 months of supervision and 60 hours of community work. Apiti is banned from owning or caring for a dog for five years. A Lower Hutt man who drunkenly beat the family dog so badly that he permanently disfigured it told police the dog was like one of his children and “that’s how they do it in the West Coast”.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale
A Lower Hutt family is distraught after discovering a loved one’s memorial plaque was stolen. Diana Wright said the plaque was taken from Taitā Cemetery, with council having no records it was removed. Police and council investigations have no leads and the family are calling on the thief to return it. A Lower Hutt woman says her family is “distraught” after discovering a loved one’s memorial plaque has been stolen more than two decades on from his death.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale
Wellington Live owner Graham Bloxham dressed in a banana suit this afternoon to speak to media about his mayoral run. Bloxham was arrested last week for failing to stop, but said he had no “hard feelings” against the police. He claimed Wellington was a “banana republic” and said he wanted to cut council staff numbers and make the city the AI capital of the South Pacific.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale
A graffiti message in Wellington saying “I hated Jews before it was cool” was removed this morning from a wall in Aro Valley. Jewish Council spokesman Ben Kepes linked the graffiti to “flippant” comments from community leaders. He said the incident was just one of many in recent years that showed it was becoming more acceptable to hate Jewish people.
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