Calls for kayakers to carry locator beacons in wake of Koyren Campbell disappearance
25 Jan, 2021 11:52 PM
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The search for missing kayaker Koyren Campbell. Photo / Jack Crossland
NZ Herald
The employer of a Wellington kayaker missing for over a week has encouraged a requirement that all water-goers carry a locator beacon.
It follows the disappearance of kayaker Koyren Campbell, 22, who has been missing since failing to return from a fishing trip eight days ago.
His employer, D-Fluff Insulation company director David Downer, led a jet-ski search of Wellington s coastline on Saturday, the day after the official search was called off.
U.S. Border Patrol Human Smuggling Arrest Leads to Reuniting of Toddler with Family
Release Date: January 22, 2021
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a human smuggling attempt on January 20, 2021. The subsequent investigation connected a couple in that case to a one-year-old child who was smuggled through the El Paso Port of Entry earlier in the week.
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Paso station identified a human smuggling scheme near the El Paso International Airport January 20.
They encountered four people from Ecuador with fraudulent documents attempting to board flights departing El Paso.
During the interview process, agents learned that days prior, two of the four individuals had secured a smuggler to cross their one-year-old daughter separately through the El Paso port of entry but were unaware of the whereabouts of their child. Border Patrol agents immediately began coordination efforts by reaching out to other agencies and ultimately located t
TUAKANA TEINA exhibition celebrating Te Arawa s creatives at Arts Village
17 Jan, 2021 11:46 PM
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Curator Chanz Mikaere speaking at the opening. Photo / Supplied
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
The community is encouraged to celebrate and marvel at the art of Te Arawa s creatives in an exhibition which opened this week.
The Arts Village is currently hosting TUAKANA TEINA: The Exhibition in its Studio Gallery from January 20 to February 27. The opening was held on Tuesday evening.
TUAKANA TEINA: The Exhibition is a celebration of Te Arawa s creatives currently
contributing to the visual culture of Rotorua.
US Inauguration sows doubt among QAnon conspiracy theorists
21 Jan, 2021 01:23 AM
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AP
For years, legions of QAnon conspiracy theory adherents encouraged one another to trust the plan as they waited for the day when President Donald Trump would orchestrate mass arrests, military tribunals and executions of his Satan-worshipping, child-sacrificing enemies.
Keeping the faith wasn t easy when Inauguration Day didn t usher in The Storm , the apocalyptic reckoning that they have believed was coming for prominent Democrats and Trump s deep state foes. QAnon followers grappled with anger, confusion and disappointment today as President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
Some believers found a way to twist the conspiracy theory s convoluted narrative to fit their belief that Biden s victory was an illusion and that Trump would secure a second term in office. Others clung to the notion that Trump will remain a shadow president during Biden s term. Some even floated
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