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Several months later, three of the four tenants at the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust complex have either moved away or plan to move. The daughter of one tenant said she moved her mother out in late May because she was worried about her safety and mental health. “She was getting to the point of being scared to go out of her home, too scared to go to the letterbox,” she said. “Its all pretty horrific what weve been through.” The woman said her mother had lived at the complex for ...

Katikati power cut under investigation More than 700 homes lost power in the Katikati area around 9am on Tuesday. File photo/SunLive. ); } else { // } Investigations are continuing into the cause of an outage which left more than 700 properties powerless in Katikati. A total of 789 properties were affected by a power cut in the Western Bay town on Tuesday. The supply went off around 9am. Of the original 789 customers who lost supply just after 9am Tuesday, 263 remain...

Wet wipes still an issue in Tauranga pipes As this blockage pulled from a Chapel St property shows wet wipes do not fully disintegrate and can cause major issues. Supplied photo. Tauranga City Council. ); } else { // } The wet wipe problem isn’t flushing away in Tauranga with calls suggesting new single use plastic rules from the government do not go far enough. In 2018, Tauranga City Council launched the ‘Save our pipes from wipes campaign’ - highlighting how...

Man’s career change wins Sam Neill’s praise Supplied images. ); } else { // } Imagine changing careers and deciding to be a musician at 39 years old in New Zealand’s lockdown. Then dropping your very first single and getting an email from Jurassic Park star, actor Sam Neill, saying “Love it!” That’s what happened to Mount Maunganui man Mitch Horton, who turned the turmoil of 2020 into the catalyst for him to create indie-pop music under the name Bluey Gre...

Up to 150 people were spotted in convoy around the Basin Reserve, then they were in Petone. Police phones rang hot.

“After jumping through a window to escape, the man fled on foot through the sections of neighbouring properties,” she said. Police have charged Rowe with breaking into the Kenya St home and another on the same street, as well as three other homes on a nearby street, Trelissick Cres, on January 29. He has also been charged with assaulting a woman while fleeing a property on the same day. A few days later police allege Rowe broke into two Upper Hutt homes, two businesses in Pāuatahanui a...

Press Release – Wellington City Council Dogs, chickens, roosters, geese, sheep, ducks, goats, pigs and a peacock (overnight) have passed through the doors of the Moa Point Dog Shelter – and it’s now getting a well-earned facelift. The dog shelter, which has been on site for 53 years, is getting an upgrade to its facilities and security systems, including new cages, self-contained kennels, a plumbing refurbishment, and improved security cameras installed. Built in 1968, the site has had up...

Thursday, 18 February 2021, 8:41 am Dogs, chickens, roosters, geese, sheep, ducks, goats, pigs and a peacock (overnight) have passed through the doors of the Moa Point Dog Shelter – and it’s now getting a well-earned facelift. The dog shelter, which has been on site for 53 years, is getting an upgrade to its facilities and security systems, including new cages, self-contained kennels, a plumbing refurbishment, and improved security cameras installed. Built in 1968, the site has had upgrade...

Since Stuff’s first article on the Templeton dispute on January 30, Shepherd claims her car has been scratched, her garden poisoned and her fence cut. Other tenants claim their cars have also been damaged. The flat’s landlord, the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust, said it could not discuss individuals or active cases, especially “where there are issues that may affect individual privacy or our work to find a resolution”. “As a responsible landlord, we are staying in touch with th...

Stuff Sharyn Shepherd, formerly known as Hope Taylor, is alleged to have made life difficult for her neighbours in a block of flats in Templeton. An abusive neighbour said to have poisoned the atmosphere in a friendly Templeton street was at the centre of another toxic neighbourhood dispute in 2007. Sharyn Shepherd, also known as Hope Maree Taylor, has been allegedly harassing her neighbours in a row of pensioner flats in Templeton, on the outskirts of Christchurch. Neighbours claim they have...