Michael Hill Jewellers store in Pukekohe robbed twice in a year
Counters have been smashed and jewellery has been taken in a second break-in over 12 months at a Michael Hill store in south Auckland’s Pukekohe, Stuff reports. The shop on King St was targeted about 12.30am on Monday. Police confirmed a quantity of jewellery was stolen by offenders who fled the scene afterward. The first attack occurred in November last year, when two people were caught on camera robbing the store at 2.30am. Three other Michael Hill stores have been robbed across Auckland in the past four months.
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Westlake Boys High School amends uniform policy to allow tā moko and taonga Māori
Westlake Boys High School has amended its uniform policy, allowing students to wear tā moko and taonga Māori, Stuff reports. The high decile school on Auckland’s North Shore reviewed its uniform policy after two senior students, from Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa in the Far North, were said to be “deeply hurt” by a request to hide their tā moko. Tā moko are traditional tattoos on the face or body done under traditional protocols with the designs typically representing the wearer’s iwi (tribe) and whakapapa (ancestry).
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Auckland woman loses New Zealand residency due to border worker's corruption
Kerstine May Ceballos Egot, an Auckland rest home worker, has been ordered to leave New Zealand after unknowingly getting caught up in an Australian border worker's scam, Stuff reports. Egot, a Filipino citizen, is among a raft of people affected by the actions of Australian immigration official Alex Escala Allan. In 2015, Allan was sentenced to eight months in prison after taking $563,290 in bribes in exchange for issuing Australian visas to 59 Vietnamese and Filipino families. In 2016, his sentence was lengthened to 15 months.
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Pressure builds for monthly 'open day' on Harbour Bridge
The chance to bike or walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge could soon be a reality, despite the government’s $685 million cycle bridge still being six years away, Stuff reports. A local politician will lodge a notice of motion on Tuesday calling for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to action a “monthly open day” on the bridge, stating it "will be good for business, people and the community."
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Police officer repeatedly punched in the head at Auckland service station
A police officer was punched in the head more than eight times and knocked to the ground, during an early-morning attack at an Auckland service station, NZ Herald reports. The footage, which was taken on social media, revealed the dramatic scene of a man charging a male officer at the Mobil service station on Lincoln Rd in Henderson about 1am on Sunday, before throwing multiple punches - all aimed at the officer's head. The officer attempts to retreat, but the man strikes the officer repeatedly in the head until he is knocked to the ground near the service station's air pump.
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Auckland Council supports social enterprise by cleaning up with Will&Able
Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and Auckland Unlimited have swung their support behind a Papatoetoe based social enterprise company, by purchasing cleaning products for their office kitchens and cafeterias. Will&Able is a charity dedicated to employing people with disabilities, particularly intellectual, and those with mental health issues, who struggle to find permanent, fully paid employment elsewhere. The purchase of products by Auckland Council organisations will result in more jobs being created, as Will&Able strives to employ 100 plus people nationally over the next three years.
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Auckland tornado: Some residents still unable to return home a month after storm
While many have returned to their homes or found accommodation elsewhere, a dozen households are still in temporary housing provided by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) due to the June tornado that tore through Papatoetoe, Stuff reports. Following inspections, Auckland Council building surveyors have dropped the number of uninhabitable homes to 11, while residents of another 63 homes have restricted access to their houses.
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Shooting reported in Swanson, West Auckland: Armed police seen arresting woman
A woman was arrested on Sunday evening as armed police responded to reports a gun was fired in Swanson, West Auckland, NZ Herald reports. A car was pulled over, and police arrested a woman in a Suzuki Swift. According to a local grocery store shopkeeper, there were many police in the area near the junction of Bahari Drive and Swanson Rd.
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Auckland's Carlile House faces uncertain future as council rejects gifting offer
The future of Auckland’s Carlile House remains in limbo, after Auckland Council rejected an offer to be given the 134-year-old building for free so it can be restored, Stuff reports. In the past, Carlile House on Grey Lynn’s Richmond Rd has served as an orphanage, a headquarters for evangelical Christians, a remand house, a secondary school and a hostel for Tongan workers. However, the two-storey brick building, recognised by Heritage New Zealand as a category one historic place, has fallen into disarray over the past 40 years, with warped roof railings, crumbling tiles and exposed roof cavities.
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Dame Whina Cooper goes 24/7 as CRL tunnelling ramps up
The final piece of City Rail Link’s Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Dame Whina Cooper, is now in place, allowing the big underground factory to operate at full capacity on its transformational journey below Auckland, Auckland Council announces. Fitting a conveyor belt to the TBM to continually remove spoil excavated underground allows the project to shift tunnelling up a gear to a 24-hour-seven-day-a-week operation. A team of 12, below and above ground, operates the TBM on its 24/7 schedule. Three teams rotate shifts every 12 hours.
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Tomato virus has NZ growers on high alert
The Pepino Mosaic Virus has been identified for the first time in New Zealand in indoor-grown tomato crops, RNZ reports. New Zealand growers could lose some of their international markets because of it. Growers need to introduce strict hygiene measures, keep a close eye on their crops and contact Biosecurity New Zealand for advice if they suspect their plants are affected.
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