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Auckland police shooting: Man pleads guilty to murder of Constable Matthew Hunt

NZ Police/supplied Their trial got underway on Monday at the High Court. Hunt died after being shot while carrying out a routine traffic stop in Massey, West Auckland, on June 19, 2020. It’s understood Hunt, who was unarmed, was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene. RYAN ANDERSON/Stuff Eli Epiha admitted killing Constable Matthew Hunt at the High Court. His colleague was shot in the leg and taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition. Hunt was raised on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast and was described by his family as a “classic coastie”. He completed a criminology degree at Auckland University of Technology and worked as a case manager at Auckland Prison before joining the police.

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Local Matters - Hibiscus Matters letters

High cost for stairs I read with concern in Hibiscus Matters, March 15 edition, that Auckland Council is to spend $490,000 repairing the stairs leading to the beach below Pacific Parade in Army Bay. It’s a pity that the Council didn’t get onto this earlier. Initially, it was a minor rockfall that came down on top of the stairs, breaking part of them. This could have been fixed without much fuss or expense, and the rest of the structure could have been saved. It has now deteriorated to a point that it’s a major problem to remedy. However, I accept that the stairs need to be reinstated, but am baffled to know how the figure of just under half a million dollars has been arrived at. It is intimated in the article that climate change is an increasing concern to such structures in coastal regions, and there’s no argument about that. However, a request to Council by several residents to have something done about the rabbit plague on the reserve front along the cliff-tops of Pac

Local Matters - Coast community turns out to remember

Coast community turns out to remember It has been three years since Anzac Day could be marked with public services, large and small. With most local services cancelled because of the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019, and all services cancelled last year because of level 4 lockdown, numbers attending were good this Anzac Day on the Hibiscus Coast. Hibiscus Coast Community RSA president, David Dryden, says his organisation was overwhelmed with the support they received this Anzac Day at all three of its services. He says the turnout at the dawn service was particularly pleasing. “We want to thank the community for attending our services to show respect to past and current service personnel,” he says. Photos, Photo Carnival.