Teenager killed in suspected shark attack at Waihi Beach named Riley Kennedy
She was 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow from Hamilton. Police extend our deepest sympathies to Kaelah s family and loved ones at this very difficult time.
Emergency services rushed to Bowentown beach just after 5pm yesterday. It is understood the teenager was dragged from the water and died from her injuries.
Local man Robert Long said the incident had rocked the Bay of Plenty community.
Long said he went to the beach to lay some flowers and have a beer as a tribute to Marlow. Even though I didn t know her, I come to the beach just about every day so I felt like I needed to pay my respects, he said.
Whangamatā teen riot: $6000 of stock stolen, Blackies Cafe roof damaged
31 Dec, 2020 08:30 PM
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Police at Blackies Cafe after youths climbed on the roof and started throwing bottles. Photo / Jane Phare
Police at Blackies Cafe after youths climbed on the roof and started throwing bottles. Photo / Jane Phare
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The Thames Coromandel mayor has come out swinging at a group of unruly teens who ran rampant in Whangamatā last night, rioting and causing carnage in the streets.
Twenty two people were arrested across Whangamatā as a result of the incident and other hotspots of disorder in the Coromandel town.
Whangamatā riot: Cop kicks youth in the back as riot officers descend on unruly mass
1 Jan, 2021 06:28 AM
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Police have been filmed kicking a rioter as chaos reigned at NY celebrations. Video / Supplied
Police are defending their use of force to dispel hundreds of rioting drunk teens in Whangamatā after video emerged of an officer kicking a young person in the back.
It follows a night of violence in the New Year s Eve holiday hotspot which resulted in 23 arrests and left young women with gashes from thrown bottles.
As police clad in riot gear advance on the mass, the new video shows one officer kicking a young person sitting on a fencepost in the lower back.