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JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Police are at the scene of an incident in Christchurch where a person died and two others were injured. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. It was a horrific crime and The Press had questions. “Justice Department officials will not say why a skinhead, Glen McAllister, was released from jail 10 days before he shot dead a young Christchurch City Council worker in Cathedral Square.” Staff photographer/Stuff Former New Zealand cricket player, Dick Motz, leaves the funeral of his son, Wayne, in Christchurch in October 1989. He comforts his wife, Jo, and his daughter, Vicki, is to his right.
Prison chaos: A riotous history of New Zealand jails 3 Jan, 2021 05:17 AM 5 minutes to read Waikeria Prison rioters surrender after six-day stand-off; jail conditions not reason for unrest, says Kelvin Davis. Waikeria Prison rioters surrender after six-day stand-off; jail conditions not reason for unrest, says Kelvin Davis. Prison reform groups and inmate advocates call it a protest. Authorities are more likely to call it a riot. Either way, this week s mayhem at Waikeria Prison was the most prolonged and destructive stand-off at a New Zealand jail for decades. The Waikeria disorder dwarfed a 2013 Spring Hill riot, when inmates drunk on home brew ran rampant and set fires but were brought under control in barely nine hours.