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Auckland's dams remain stubbornly low - although residents are continuing to conserve water Auckland's dams remain stubbornly low - although residents are continuing to conserve water 9 January 2021 In the past week, the Hunua and Waitakere Ranges have seen about 44 millimetres of rain each. Dams are a little over 67 per cent full, compared to the usual almost 88 per cent at this time of year. The region is still under water restrictions...with a target to use 461-million litres or less per day. But the rolling seven-day average of consumption is well under that...by 61-million litres.

New Zealander who murdered UK tourist had attacked 2 women by The Associated Press Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 11:42 pm EDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand two years ago was on Tuesday identified as multiple sex offender Jesse Shane Kempson. The New Zealand Supreme Court lifted a suppression order that has kept Kempson’s identity secret since he strangled the tourist in his Auckland apartment on her 22nd birthday in December 2018. He stuffed her body into a suitcase, drove to the Waitakere Ranges forest and buried her in a sh...

Source: Auckland Council Plans for a pop-up cycleway on Captain Scott Road in Glen Eden to link Savoy Road with the train station continue following two community co-design workshops in December. The pop-up temporary cycleway will trial how to connect the existing Project Twin Streams cycleway ending at the bottom of Savoy Road to the town centre, and comes as a response to community aspirations for a safe cycle route to the town centre. A wide range of local community members, including business owners, the business association, residents, sports club representatives, community groups and bo...

Grace Millane's killer Jesse Kempson raped, attacked other women Grace Millane's killer Jesse Kempson raped, attacked other women By Catrin Owen Normal text size Advertisement The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand can now be named as Jesse Shane Kempson after a court order suppressing his identity finally lapsed. It can now also be revealed that since being jailed for Millane’s murder, he has been convicted of two other crimes: raping a woman in a motel room just months before he met Millane; and seriously assaulting and sexually violating a former girlfriend ...

'Web of lies': Grace Millane murderer's background exposed Newshub 21/12/2020 Until now, the 28-year-old's identity has been protected by a court order. In November 2019, Kempson was found guilty of murdering Millane, a British backpacker, in Auckland's CityLife Hotel in December 2018. He would later bury her body in the Waitakere Ranges. Kempson's lawyers argued at his trial that Millane's death was an accident during a form of rough s-x.  Millane's murderer loses conviction, sentence appeals, Grace's family reacts Replay Video UP NEXT In February of this year he was sentenced to life in...