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Emergency services were called to Waring Taylor St due to a workplace incident on Wednesday afternoon. (File photo)
A person has critical injuries after falling in a lift shaft in central Wellington. Emergency services were called to a workplace incident at the Dunbar Sloane building on Waring Taylor St, around 4pm on Wednesday. The Dunbar Sloane building was being strengthened to 100 per cent of the New Building Standard and redeveloped into a shared office space. Wellington Free Ambulance spokesman Dan Whitfield said the person was taken to Wellington Regional Hospital in a critical condition. Two ambulances, a shift manager and Wellington Free Ambulance’s medical director attended the incident, he said.
Hamilton Goldie art heist: Million-dollar work could become underworld currency - art crime expert
18 Jan, 2021 11:00 PM
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Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A Goldie painting estimated to be worth more than a million dollars could become underworld currency used as a bargaining tool by gangs if it s not recovered, an art crime expert says.