by Bevan Wills | 26 May, 2022 | Court, Featherston
The driver who fled the scene of a serious crash in Featherston on Good Friday has pleaded guilty to six charges, including stealing a vehicle and failing to ascertain injury after a crash. Rhian Lloyd, 23, from Wellington, was already facing multiple charges...
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by Bevan Wills | 23 May, 2022 | Court, Health, Infrastructure, Local News, Property News
Budget 2022 is the talk of the towns, but what does it mean for people in Wairarapa? The Times-Age puts the money under the microscope. The Opposition has called it the “Backwards Budget”, the “Brain Drain Budget”, and the “Big Blowout Budget”. With about $6 billion...
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by Bevan Wills | 26 Apr, 2022 | Court, Local News
A woman fled the scene after a serious crash on Good Friday. PHOTO/MARY ARGUE MARY ARGUE mary.argue@age.co.nz The woman arrested after a head-on crash in Featherston on Good Friday had previous driving convictions and was facing a raft of charges at the time of the...
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by Christine Dornan | 29 Mar, 2022 | Court, Local News
The former employees said “at least a dozen staff” had left since 2011, and the loss had far-reaching consequences for those entangled in the justice system. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Former employees blow the whistle on the ministry ‘It felt like bullying’ Former...
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by Christine Dornan | 14 Oct, 2021 | Court
PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Cannabis grower goes back to jail JUDGE: The offending is just so serious that the only true end marker of it must be a sentence of imprisonment. A Featherston man who ran a commercial cannabis operation so vast he was able to pay off a mortgage...
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by Christine Dornan | 2 May, 2020 | Court, Local News
PHOTO/FILE Police arrest five people after home invasion Police continue to investigate robbery A 26-year-old man was arrested on Thursday and charged in relation to Tuesday’s Kummer Cres home invasion. The robbery involved three armed men who stole from four people...
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by Christine Dornan | 25 Apr, 2020 | Court, Local News
PHOTO/FILE Methamphetamine and converted firearms were seized, and five men were arrested during a police raid in Masterton on Wednesday night. Police searched a Colombo Rd property at about 7.30pm, where they found five men breaching covid-19 lockdown restrictions...
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by Bevan Wills | 7 Oct, 2019 | Court, Local News
Victims thanks for courage in court GRAPHIC/STOCK.ADOBE.COM For the victims of an elderly Masterton sex offender, justice has been “a long time coming”. Mitchel Hemi, better known as Diesel or D, appeared in the Wellington District Court for sentencing in front of...
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