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A 30-year-old man and 26-year-old woman have been sentenced to 18 months’ intensive supervision on four counts of ill-treating or neglecting a child under 18.
The parents of four children with rotten teeth, dirt-ingrained skin, and developmental delays from years of neglect have been sentenced to intensive supervision. The South Canterbury couple were charged with four counts of ill-treating or neglecting a child under 18 after their 5-year-old was spotted in the middle of a busy road, naked and unsupervised, about 2.30pm on May 3, 2019. The 30-year-old father and 26-year-old mother, who have been granted final name suppression, were sentenced to 18 months’ intensive supervision with judicial monitoring when they appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Timaru District Court on Monday.
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One of the few big fireworks that worked during the Caroline Bay New Year display early on New Year s Day 2020.
The year began with a fizzer in South Canterbury but it was not Coronavirus/Covid-19 related writes Doug Sail in the first of our series looking back on the year that was – one in which our world changed dramatically. 2020 was just minutes old when thousands gathered at Caroline Bay in Timaru were unknowingly given an early insight of a year ahead which would be full of disappointment through the disruption of everything from events to business and education to health.
“It will make a big difference and it is faster for patients.” Consents for the new helipad were filed with the Timaru District Council in 2018 but withdrawn after there were concerns it did not comply.
Bejon Haswell/Stuff A re-application, with alterations in April 2019, received non-notified consent. The helipad is situated within the hospital property in front of the laundry, replacing a 10 space car park. Modern helicopters had increased in size to house hi-tech lifesaving equipment and the trees around the Botanic Gardens site had grown over the years causing safety concerns for pilots, Farquhar said. Cutting the trees, in the public park, had been considered as well as building it close to the road, he said.