Monday, 1 February 2021, 5:09 pm
The Maritime Union says there is a health and safety
crisis in the waterfront industry, after the conviction of a
stevedoring employer whose negligence led to the death of a
young woman employee.
Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp,
29, an ISO Limited stevedore worker at Eastland Port in
Gisborne, died from crush injuries after she was hit by a
log that fell from a trailer load she was about to scan in a
“tally lane” on 8 October 2018.
ISO Limited was
convicted of exposing an individual to risk of harm and
illness and ordered to undertake significant health and
safety improvements last week in the Gisborne District
Please attribute to Detective Inspector Craig Hamilton, Manager: Asset Recovery Units:
Over $470,000 has been forfeited following an investigation into methamphetamine dealing in Gisborne.
Three people were convicted in Gisborne District Court between November 2019 and February 2020 for their roles in the sale and supply of methamphetamine in Gisborne, investigated by Police as part of Operation Pinyin.
This included Lucky Campbell, who was jailed for over 14 years in December 2019 after pleading guilty to seven charges of possessing methamphetamine for supply.
As part of Operation Pinyin, Police sought the forfeiture of $470,170 cash order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act (CPRA) from the High Court in Gisborne, and a forfeiture order was granted in December 2020.
A 19-year-old man was charged with possession of an offensive weapon after shots were fired at a vehicle on Monday. Two other men, aged 19 and 23, were charged with unlawful assembly and assault in relation to another firearms incident. All three men appeared in Gisborne District Court on Tuesday. Meanwhile, police are investigating how a man who arrived at Wairoa Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg was injured. Aberahama said police had been alerted to other instances where firearms were pointed at people or vehicles, but had not been discharged. He acknowledged that firearms incidents could put people on edge, however, police believed the incidents involved “specific groups of people targeting each other”.
As stated by Detective Inspector Craig Hamilton, Manager: Asset Recovery Units:
Over $470,000 has been forfeited following an investigation into methamphetamine dealing in Gisborne.
Three people were convicted in Gisborne District Court between November 2019 and February 2020 for their roles in the sale and supply of methamphetamine in Gisborne, investigated by Police as part of Operation Pinyin.
This included Lucky Campbell, who was jailed for over 14 years in December 2019 after pleading guilty to seven charges of possessing methamphetamine for supply.
As part of Operation Pinyin, Police sought the forfeiture of $470,170 cash order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act (CPRA) from the High Court in Gisborne, and a forfeiture order was granted in December 2020.
Press Release – New Zealand Police Attributed to Tairawhiti Area Commander Inspector Sam Aberahama. Tairawhiti Police are investigating, and several people have been charged, following firearms incidents in Wairoa. An incident yesterday on Lucknow Street, Wairoa, involved shots being …
Attributed to Tairawhiti Area Commander Inspector Sam Aberahama.
Tairawhiti Police are investigating, and several people have been charged, following firearms incidents in Wairoa.
An incident yesterday on Lucknow Street, Wairoa, involved shots being fired at a vehicle.
No one was injured in this incident.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and appeared in Gisborne District Court today.