Mark Cropp got his facial tattoo in prison and has been reoffending since he was released. The Herald then sought his full criminal history which was eventually granted by the court. “The arresting officer attempted to grab [Cropp’s] arm to place him in handcuffs and he pulled away,” court documents state. “She wants to keep a close eye on me, with having the pacemaker,” Cropp told Judge Hix. The lawyer told the court Cropp wanted to move on with his life but the “repeated incursions of the media have put a strain” on him.

Photo / Otago Daily TimesThe trial in the Dunedin District Court is expected to last the remainder of the week. Photo / Otago Daily TimesA Roxburgh man has denied 17 child abuse charges and says he did not molest his two stepdaughters. The man, who has interim name suppression, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday before Judge David Robinson. He told the jury the man had preyed on his two stepdaughters for about eight years, even burning one of them with a cigarette. The trial is expected to last the remainder of the week and the complainant’s cross-examination will continue today.

Mark Cropp had one session to remove the tattoo at Sacred Laser, which offered to do the job free. “The arresting officer attempted to grab [Cropp’s] arm to place him in handcuffs and he pulled away,” court documents state. “She wants to keep a close eye on me, with having the pacemaker,” Cropp told Judge Hix. In early 2019 Cropp was convicted in the Papakura District Court of assaulting and threatening a pregnant woman. The lawyer told the court Cropp wanted to move on with his life but the “repeated incursions of the media have put a strain” on him.

The new government's scrapping of these initiatives saw critics on social media over the weekend dub the deputy National Party leader 'Nicotine Willis', and Health Minister Shane Reti, 'Shane Cigareti'. Asked on RNZ's First Up if Willis was "happy to endorse" the current death toll from smoking, she said "absolutely not". The Smokefree 2025 goal was set in place in 2011 by the National-led government, following a report by the Māori Affairs Committee. Combined cyclone / emergency roleWillis also talked about the lack of a cyclone recovery minister in the new Cabinet, which disappointed some hard-hit East Coast residents. "We've combined those two roles into the emergency management and recovery minister, and you can expect to see Mark engaging heavily with the communities affected by flooding and cyclone events."

Press Release – NZ On AirAudiences will be treated to stories covering a huge range of topics in the latest announcement of funding for Non-Fiction projects from NZ On Air from teen dads and fangirls to choral groups gunning for world recognition. The projects have been supported in the final funding round of the calendar year, which saw $18.7m committed to 34 Non-Fiction projects, in what became a ‘super-charged’ round. NZ On Air Head of Funding Amie Mills emphasises the decision as a strategic move. Headlining the new funded projects is The Choir Games, for Sky Open and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). For Whakaata Māori and Māori+, Te Whatu o Poutini is a one-off documentary that will explore the perilous future of one of our most precious and finite resources, pounamu or New Zealand greenstone.

"He's trying to take the moral high ground and say he's not against cyclists, but that the cycle trail is unsafe," one local told Stuff.co.nz. Now, there are unreasonable cyclists. However, presenting himself as a road safety campaigner, Edmonds later confidently asserts "I'm going to succeed" in getting the speed limit on the road reduced. So I'm going to succeed. I'm going to get the speed limit reduced and hopefully cyclists will be safer."

Taylor Swift has played her final Eras tour concert for 2023, with a massive event in Sao Paulo on Sunday night Brazil time. The police will investigate whether entertainment firm Time for Fun (T4F) committed the crime of endangering human life or health. Ana Clara Benevides fell ill last Friday, on the first night of Swift’s Rio tour in Rio, and later died in hospital. The firm’s CEO Serafim Abreu acknowledged on Thursday that the concert organisers could have taken “alternative actions” to help fans cope with the extreme heat. Frontier Touring and Ticketek declined to reveal how many tickets were resold by fans on Ticketek Marketplace since that facility opened on Friday.

In fact the last time the investors borrowed more than FHBs in a single month was in March 2022,In October the investor grouping borrowed $1.021 billion. In fact, the investors' share of the total has been gradually creeping up ever so slightly every month since June of this year. The all-time low for the investor grouping was in January with 15.4%. The big drop off in investor interest in the market has coincided with the previous government's move to remove interest deductibility for investors. It is going to be interesting to watch over the next few months to see if we do now see some resurgence in investor interest in the housing market.

Stuff Group and leading retail pharmacy group Chemist Warehouse have agreed a long-term partnership covering multiple channels and touch points, including print, digital and experiential activations. The magazines will be available in-store at Chemist Warehouse and through Stuff’s extensive national newspaper network. The House of Wellness magazine includes articles, expert advice, delicious recipes and products that have been hand-picked to support wellbeing. Chemist Warehouse is also partnering with Stuff Events to deliver its trade events and company activations, including end-of-year celebrations, with a multi-year agreement in place. Chemist Warehouse CEO Azman Haroon says; “Creating, launching and marketing The House of Wellness brand in New Zealand has been a seamlessly integrated partnership with Stuff.

New Zealand citizen Samuel Vaisevuraki arrived in Fiji on February 8, 2019, from Auckland and declared $10,000.00 through the border control reporting form at Nadi International Airport. “The respondent (Mr Vaisevuraki) has not reasonably explained how he came to possess these amounts. He was apprehended on information received by the police,” said Justice Javed Mansoor in his November 9 ruling. “The applicant (DPP) says the respondent is suspected of criminal activity, and that he is in remand custody in New Zealand. “The court is inclined to issue a restraining order over the sums held by the Fiji Police.”

“And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...

Gun Control NZ Expresses Grave Concerns About Coalition Government Commitments On FirearmsDavid Seymour’s admission on Sunday’s episode of Q&A that ACT wants to bring back semi-automatic guns demonstrates the party cannot be trusted with firearms policy, say Gun Control NZ co-founders Philippa Yasbek and Nik Green. “This is the type of weapon that was used by the Christchurch terrorist and which Parliament overwhelmingly banned in 2019. “The ACT Party’s ‘consultation’ document on firearms policy, released in the run-up to the election, made no such proposal, nor did the ACT MP’s Member’s Bill from the last Parliament. “This is what happens when you put the gun lobby in charge of firearms policy. ACT MP Nicole McKee was a leader of COLFO, an organisation that used to brag about its connections with the American National Rifle Association.

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PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONThe Dunedin hospitality sector is disappointed after two more cruise ships pulled the pin on visits to the city this week. The cruise ships Ovation of Seas and the Pacific Adventurer, have a total capacity of 7000 passengers. "Everybody looks forward to the cruise ships, so it’s always disappointing when they’re cancelled. Mr Scully said Dunedin businesses still afloat since the Covid lockdowns managed to survive that period without any visits from cruise ships. The Ovation of Seas’ next visit to Dunedin is scheduled for December 18 and the Pacific Explorer would return early next year.

It's about one in eight people who say that they do take illicit substances regularly," Know Your Stuff NZ general manager Casey Spearin told Newshub. And thanks to a law change in 2021, drug testing charity Know Your Stuff no longer operates in a grey area. It's celebrating two years of legal drug testing. And the advantage of testing drugs on-site is that most people change their mind about consuming it - 68 percent in previous years. As a drug harm reduction specialist, Ponton says the data from drug testing centres is more important than ever.