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The IPCA has found that police were justified in fatally shooting a Waitara man when he pointed a firearm at an officer in May last year.

The backlog of partially treated wastewater overflowing at a Taranaki sewage treatment pond has been cleared after heavy rainfall caused it to spill into a nearby stream.

Vandals who attacked a flood monitoring station this week put people and livelihoods at risk, the Taranaki Regional Council says.

Flood warning system vandals put lives at risk - regional council Robin Martin © RNZ / Robin Martin The Taranaki Regional Council says vandals who attacked a flood monitoring station this week put people's lives and livelihoods at risk. Director of environmental quality Abby Matthews said council hydrology officers discovered a small fire had been lit under one monitoring station, when undertaking routine checks on the network in the Upper Waitōtara catchment. She said the stations send out automated phone alerts when rivers reach dangerous levels and are vitally important....

A remote flood warning system on the Waitotara River has been vandalised. A key remote automated system used to monitor the Waitōtara River in South Taranaki has been vandalised, putting nearby communities at risk of flash floods. Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) hydrology staff found the damaged equipment while checking the network of monitoring stations in the upper Waitōtara Valley catchment. Temporary repairs have been made to get the station back online, but full repairs will not be finished for another two weeks, the council said. The stations generate automated phone alerts when ri...