Suicide pact: Waikato woman to fight charges after man s death
27 Apr, 2021 07:31 PM
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Rhys Thomassen died while after escaping mental health care at the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre.
A woman facing a suicide pact charge after a man in mental health care died is going to trial.
The 28-year-old has name suppression until her trial in the High Court at Hamilton later this year.
She is accused of entering a suicide pact in which Rhys Thomassen died.
Thomassen had been in the care of the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre, in Hamilton, but ran away from an escorted leave walking group on November 11, 2019.
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Developers argue too much of the cost of new infrastructure is being loaded onto those who pay development contributions.
Developers say the city council is making it too hard to do business in Hamilton and have called for extensive changes to how the city funds growth. A group of 19 companies have pursued a judicial review of the council’s development contributions policies, arguing developers are paying an unfair proportion of the cost of new city infrastructure. Companies involved in the case include the Gallagher Group, Chedworth Properties, Porter Properties and Foodstuffs North Island. The legal challenge, which was heard in the High Court at Hamilton, could have far-reaching implications for how Hamilton funds the cost of growth-related infrastructure. Development contributions, known informally as DCs, are one of the main ways councils fund infrastructure. Debt and rates are the other main funding sources.
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