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Body in burning car a mystery Police are still unsure who the female body parts that were found in a burning car belong to. On Sunday afternoon, police and the fire service were called to a burning grey Nissan Sunny down a bank on the Whangamoas. Parts of a body were found in the car. Police, Urban Search and Rescue, the Fire Service and a private crane operator hauled the car up the bank yesterday afternoon with a four tonne crane. Forensic scientists were at the scene to determine whether it should be treated as a homicide but no details were available when Nelson Weekly went to print. The incident was first reported by Nelson Live on Sunday. Nelson fire officer Craig Davies says the car went about 30 metres down the cliff and the suspicious fire “was intense”. Detective Senior Sergeant Ciaran Sloan says police were dealing with a difficult and dangerous location. “Our priorities are to keep the peo-
Fire fighters at the scene of the burnt car on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Jacob Chandler. ple working at the scene safe and to protect the integrity of the vehicle and the evidence inside,” he said before the car was pulled up. He says a more detailed examination of the vehicle would then be undertaken at a safer location. Police are making a range of inquiries to help establish who the deceased person is and the sequence of events that led to the car fire. They say they’d like to speak with anyone who may have seen a 1995
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One of the two Mensa members in Nelson, Darren Steveson, holds a test question sheet for fluid intelligence. Photo: Jacob Chandler.
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Those with an IQ “taller than average” took their chances at getting into Mensa as they attended a testing session on Saturday. Mensa is open to anybody who scores in the top two percent in a fluid intelligence test. Judith Tuckwell, testing coordinator for Nelson, says she always noticed she had to “edit” her conversations heavily be-
fore joining Mensa in the late 1960s. “When I joined Mensa I discovered that, when I am enthusiastic about something, I can overwhelm other people. When I was actually in a Mensa group I suddenly realised that I could say exactly what I liked and I would get a response that I had only dreamt of getting before. It’s a bit like a horse being let out of a stable going for a gallop, and I can just go for it.” Judith, now in her 70s, was the
27th Mensan in New Zealand. She started a social group in the Hawkes Bay before moving to Nelson. “That is what I’d like to create in Nelson. I’d love to have a mixed group. Mixed ages, mixed interests and the delight of the conversations.” There are around 400 Mensans in New Zealand but only two known in Nelson.
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