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October 20, 2010
NZ Champions John Derry and Brent Hefford win NZ Jetboat championship.
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Leaving his mark Shaun Buttling, has travelled the world as a Tattoo artist.
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Above: Jessica Bennett examines her painted face at the Springlands Gala.
The Springlands school pool is in for a major revamp thanks to funds raised from the school’s gala held on Saturday.
Photo: Lucie Cary.
The event yielded nearly $26,000 and friends of Springlands School committee member Sue Witehira says the pool will be the major winner.
“It’s got a few leaks in it at the moment, so we want to get those fixed up. “It will also go towards painting, and installing solar heating.�
Firemen attacked Ready for race time Eastern States Speedway prepares for opening night.
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By Damian George New Zealand fire service chief executive Peter Dempsey wants the harshest possible punishment dished out to a mob of attackers who ambushed four volunteer firefighters in Havelock on Sunday morning. The volunteers were called out to what they thought was a car crash early in the morning, before being caught up in an attack which saw one man kicked in the head. “I think the police and the courts should take the strongest action possible under the law,� Mr Dempsey says. “Our concern here is that these people trying to
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go about doing their job looking after the community have come under this sort of attack.� Mr Dempsey says the incident will likely have implications for the stunned firefighters involved, who may be apprehensive about further callouts. “I should imagine that will be in the back of their minds when they’re called out to do a job – ‘is there more around the corner than what we’ve been led to believe?’ “That’s a natural reaction. It will obviously take a little bit of time to get over.� The fire service offers a variety of support systems for firefighters after a particularly disturbing
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incident, such as a nasty injury or fatality, Mr Dempsey says. “Those services are in place but the word from the Havelock brigade is they’ve got it under control and haven’t needed to utilise those facilities yet.� He says, on the positive side, this incident is one out of the blue, and it is not a common thing for “our guys to come under this sort of attack�. Three people have been arrested in relation to the incident, on charges of disorderly behaviour, and will appear in Blenheim district court next Tuesday. Constable Michelle Stagg says further charges are likely once enquiries have been completed.
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