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“Where facilities aren’t currently required for aviation purposes, we looked for other businesses that might be able to use them.” He said there had been a couple of large spaces made available at the end of last year when the Electoral Commission left at the close of the elections and Air NZ consolidated its regional maintenance work, vacating office space and a large hangar. LUZ ZUNIGA/STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attends the formal opening of the new Nelson Airport terminal in...

The Crown’s case was that over 24 years Matamata lured Samoan citizens to New Zealand by leading them to believe they would earn big money, then reduced them to “chattels”, exposing them to degradation, and humiliation for his own financial gain. He was trusted by his victims due to his position as chief, or matai, in Samoa, and they believed, wrongly, that he would ensure they were in the country legally. He had said he was a father figure to the victims. Matamata is appealing his co...