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Witt’s newly-appointed deputy chief executive is looking forward to seeing Māori students succeeding.

Joanne O'Connor Special to The Citizen Proudly wearing his Civil War uniform, Billy Claxton (1843-1923), the "Hermit of Owasco Lake," is pictured above in front of his Koenig’s Point ocean house. Billy was born on Jan. 10, 1843, in Hastings, New York. In 1860, with his mother, Mary Ann, and sister Hannah, he moved from the Lake Ontario area to Mandana. Here they lived with their relative Alexander Hamilton Allen, who with his Revolutionary War tract of land, had built a tavern-inn. That site became today’s Mandana Inn. Along the west side of Skaneateles Lake, the Claxton...

One year ago, an unhoused, mentally ill man allegedly killed his 94-year-old neighbor in...

Alabama police officer convicted of murder in shooting of suicidal man Huntsville, Alabama police officer William Darby was convicted last Friday for the murder of Jeffrey Parker, 49, on April 3, 2018. Darby will face 20 years to life in prison. Parker had called 911 to report that he was suicidal and that he was holding a gun to his head. According to a lawsuit filed by the family of Jeffrey Parker, another officer, Genisha Pegues, had arrived five minutes before Darby. She entered the room with her gun pointed down towards the floor to find Parker sitting on the couch with a gun pointed to ...

Supplied/Stuff Taranaki Rugby scholarship recipient Kusitano Drauna, left, with Witt chief executive John Snook, Taranaki Rugby chief executive Laurence Corlett, and scholarship recipient Chloe Sampson. Budding rugby players will be able to pursue their sporting career while prioritising their study thanks to a new partnership between the region's polytech and rugby union. Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (Witt) and Taranaki Rugby have come together to provide a number of scholarships to rugby players who are looking to further their tertiary education. Engineering student Kusita...