Police are describing the incident as a "random" fight with no gang links. Yesterday, two men who were at the scene when Mr Morris was fatally injured appeared in court on charges relating to outstanding fines and breach of community work. But they were not kept in custody. No arrests have been made over the killing.
2. Act leader Jamie Whyte caught short again
Act leader Jamie Whyte's been caught short once again - this time clueless about Whanau Ora.
ACT Party Leader Jamie Whyte. Photo / Dean Purcell
In an interview on Maori Television's Native Affairs programme last night, Dr Whyte was quizzed on a range of issues, including the role of the Race Relations Commissioner and the Treaty of Waitangi. When the Government's Whanau Ora programme was brought up, he revealed he had no idea what it was.
"Sorry, I'm showing my ignorance, I don't know what that is," he said.
Whanau Ora, introduced in 2010, distributes Government health and social services funding worth many millions of dollars a year at community level. It is open to all, but has a focus on Maori.
Dr Whyte's admission follows last week's heated media exchange with Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy over his call for an end to special legal recognition of Maori.
3. Midwife's decision ruled 'unwise'
A maternity unit midwife held a partly born baby's umbilical cord to keep it warm during an emergency ambulance ride to hospital.
The baby girl - whose botched delivery has led to an independent midwife being criticised - was born by emergency caesarean section 10 minutes after arrival at the hospital.
The infant was immediately transferred to a neonatal unit and given head-cooling therapy to try to reduce any brain damage caused by lack of oxygen during birth, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill said in a just-published decision on the 2012 case. The parties' names are removed from the decision.
4. Donghua Liu in court over renovations
Donghua Liu is in more legal trouble after the Auckland Council charged the controversial businessman over renovations on two properties worth more than $6 million in plush suburbs.
Donghua Liu. Photo / NZ Herald
The property developer will appear in the Auckland District Court tomorrow to face alleged breaches of the Resource Management Act for building work at homes he owns in Remuera and Epsom.
The charges allege Liu failed to comply with the conditions of the resource consent for the Remuera address, a 999sq m property with a capital valuation of $3.5 million, and carried out building work without consent at the 2302sq m Epsom property worth $2.6 million.
5. 48 floors up and hanging by a thread
Photo / Getty Images
These terrifying images show the moments after a window-cleaning cradle on Austria's tallest building suddenly slipped, leaving two workers clinging on for their lives.
Their precarious position could be seen from several kilometres away, as one side of the platform fell to leave it at a near-45-degree angle.
The two men had been cleaning windows on the 48th floor of the Donau City Tower in Vienna, and ended up dangling at more than 144m.
- nzherald.co.nz, NZ Herald, APNZ, UK Independent
