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The protest was organised by Groundswell NZ, a grassroots organisation made up of farmers, growers, contractors and tradespeople, who say they are frustrated with the interference in private property rights, unworkable climate-change policies and unfair costs. New Zealand has introduced environmental protections to tackle increasing problems with polluted and unswimmable waterways, catastrophic biodiversity loss, risky agricultural and industrial practices and international commitments to reducing carbon emissions. Protest organiser Bryce McKenzie told RNZ that farmers accepted they needed to...

Keiller MacDuff / Stuff Protesters make their way down Stafford St on Friday afternoon as part of the Howl of a Protest. Two hours after tractors and utes started rolling through central Timaru, Small asked all participants to abandon their road protest and make their way to Caroline Bay. The protest was in response to the impact of Government rules and proposed regulations, including the new Clean Car Discount Scheme, which will levy penalties on high-emission utes from January 2022. Addressing a large crowd at Caroline Bay’s Soundshell on Friday afternoon, Small said participants we...

GARDNER — The Gardner Police Department recently graduated its 19th Citizens' Police Academy class. Over several weeks, the group learned about the inner workings of the department and its interactions with the court system through a variety of instructors, including Attorney Neil Smith, Gardner District Court First Justice Mark Goldstein and Assistant District Attorney Marc Dupuis. The students observed K9 demonstrations courtesy of Winchendon Officer Jim Wironen, Phillipston Officers Bill Chapman and Ray Jackson, and Petersham Officer Tim Wright. Next up for the police department is the...

Ex-wife of Martin Luther King Jr's assassin is facing DOZENS of counts of animal cruelty after 44 dogs are found in her filthy, waste-filled house in Tennessee Anna Sandhu Ray, the ex-wife of MLK assassin James Earl Ray, is facing dozens of counts of animal cruelty following a welfare check at her Tennessee home   Authorities discovered 44 animals starving, living in cages and soaked in their own waste and three dead dogs at the 74-year-old's home on Monday   The home had a powerful stench that could be smelled from outside of the home due to the 'dangerously high levels' of ammonia gas f...

By Dan Blackburn An effort by city officials to balance the rights of commercial and residential landlords and their tenants during the pandemic recovery will…