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motorbike, attended a family harm incident and arrested a male for multiple breaches of a protection order. There was also a mental health incident and a firearms related incident at a rural property. Later in the evening police attended an incident at Kawhia. A suspicious male was seen at an address in Te Awamutu. A male from Auckland was arrested for breaching bail.

On Wednesday police attended incidents in Cambridge, Ōtorohanga and Te Awamutu.

On Thursday police attended a mental health incident which took a considerable amount of time to resolve, arrested a male in relation to family harm matter and assisted in taking a male from Kihikihi to the Hamilton cells for his impending court appearance.

Police also served a protection order on a male issued by the courts.

On Friday police attended a motor vehicle collision on Paterangi Road, and a family

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Services group manager Sally Sheedy said the collection was a valuable community asset with “enormous community value”.

“Only museum staff, not board members, have day-to-day access to the collection. Any deaccession of any pieces within the collection, through sale or otherwise, must be undertaken in strict accordance with a procedure jointly agreed by council and the trust board.” harm incident at a rural property. Police also had an incident where a male has been arrested for breaching bail. He had run from police straight to an associate’s address where a large number of cannabis plants were subsequently located.

Professional museum staff with capability, professional skills and experience look after the collection according to recognised museum standards, she said.

The News asked trust chair Dean Taylor for its financial accounts, the chair’s report to the annual meeting and a list of its trustees in February this year and between November 2019 and October 2022.

“I’m talking to trustees and taking legal advice about what questions even need to be answered,” he said.

On Saturday police assisted with the transport of a prisoner, conducted a traffic stop of an unlicensed driver and travelled to Te Kuiti to assist with a critical incident. Police also assisted Te Kuiti staff with the arrest of a person involved in the incident.

On Sunday police attended a family harm event involving a significant amount of alcohol, located a highly intoxicated male in his vehicle asleep, travelled to Raglan to assist staff there with a family harm event involving a stolen vehicle, dealt with disorder at a property in Te Awamutu and conducted enquires to locate a male breaching bail.

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Nominations open

Nominations open today (Thursday) for a new Waipā District Māori ward councillor. The vacancy has arisen following the resignation of Te Awamutubased Takena Stirling earlier this month. Only voters registered on the Waipā Māori electoral roll will be able to vote. Close to 2400 people are on the roll but it is not too late for potential voters to be enrolled and cast a vote.

Council finances

Waipā’s financial statements show an operating surplus of $23.6 million - $21.6m lower than the $45.2m budgeted for – for the eight months ended in February. A $13.7m decrease in development and reserve contributions is the major reason followed by a $5.2m shortfall in subsidies and grants. Finance costs, due to higher interest rates, are up nearly $900,000. The council has loans of $191m which it expects will increase by $39 m by the end of June.

Victim identified

The man who died after being hit on a pedestrian crossing two weeks ago in Te Awamutu was Jonathan Hood, 29, of Ōtorohanga. Police say they have viewed CCTV footage of the incident, having earlier reported the vehicle involved failed to stop, but have not released any further details.

Correction

Destination Cambridge and Destination Te Awamutu are both incorporated societies and not charitable trust boards, as reported in Te Awamutu News last week.

Play time

Te Awamutu’s newest playground opened on Tuesday. Construction began on the $370,000 neighbourhood playground, in Swarbrick Park along Swarbrick Drive, in October. The play space addresses some of the community needs that Waipā is seeing with development and population growth.