Natalie Akoorie
Deputy Editor at New Zealand Media and Entertainment
Senior Journalist, Waikato, RNZ. Opinions are my own.
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3 weeks ago |
rnz.co.nz | Natalie Akoorie
Disability advocates fear recent changes to WorkSafe will lead to more harm to the intellectually disabled after four IHC residents choked to death while in care last year. The government announced on Monday it was shifting the work and safety regulator's priorities from enforcement to advice. Two days earlier, disability advocate Glenn Marshall wrote to WorkSafe urging it to prosecute IDEA Services, IHC's provider arm, over the four choking deaths.
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3 weeks ago |
radionz.co.nz | Natalie Akoorie
Disability advocates fear recent changes to WorkSafe will lead to more harm to the intellectually disabled after four IHC residents choked to death while in care last year. The government announced on Monday it was shifting the work and safety regulator's priorities from enforcement to advice. Two days earlier, disability advocate Glenn Marshall wrote to WorkSafe urging it to prosecute IDEA Services, IHC's provider arm, over the four choking deaths.
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3 weeks ago |
rnz.co.nz | Natalie Akoorie
A council that installed chicanes on a once quiet country lane-turned-rat-run to force drivers to reduce speed, did so after only six formal complaints and without consulting the community. The move infuriated Tamahere residents near Hamilton, who say the reflector hipsticks and one-lane chicanes are a major crash hazard during fog and at certain times of the day with sun strike.
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1 month ago |
rnz.co.nz | Natalie Akoorie
On the outskirts of Hamilton in the sought-after suburb of Tamahere, the residents of Birchwood Lane are at odds over the road's speed limit, and the traffic calming measures the council has introduced. Last Tuesday the residents of Birchwood Lane in Tamahere came home from school and work to find a "new road layout" that was announced by a Waikato District councillor on Facebook earlier that day.
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1 month ago |
radionz.co.nz | Natalie Akoorie
Police want to speak to anyone who helped at the scene of a crash with a traffic light pole that killed a pedestrian in Hamilton on Thursday. Police believe a gold ute is the vehicle involved in the crash. They are appealing for a woman wearing pink who assisted at the scene moments after the incident unfolded about 10am.
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In other news, I have left Open Justice at NZME and joined RNZ in Hamilton as a senior reporter covering the Waikato. Updated author's page to follow.
Horrific loss of student life and as a result a debilitating workplace situation for these former Melville High School counsellors: https://t.co/FNa6m7a2mF
RT @DrAlisonBarrett: The Front Page: How worried should we be about medical mishaps across NZ? - NZ Herald https://t.co/8R4fw1czWv