Emergency services from around the region were called to Mt Ruapehu on Saturday afternoon after a bus carrying 31 people rolled and smashed into a bank.
Emergency services from around the region were called to Mt Ruapehu on Saturday afternoon after a bus carrying 31 people rolled and smashed into a bank.
Ruapehu crash probed Council road safety engineers, crash investigators and WorkSafe NZ worked through their investigations yesterday as Ruapehu district came to terms with Saturday's bus crash that killed a young Auckland girl. Mayor Don Cameron said: "Our thoughts remain with the grieving family of the young girl who died, ourrescue teams and those recovering from the tragic incident - an immeasurable loss for the family and a heavy impact on our small Ruapehu communities."
Towels cause fire Whanganui firefighters were called to a house in Kepa St, Whanganui East, about 1pm yesterday. Station Officer Jason Hamlin said a child had placed towels on a fire box and they caught alight. There was no damage to the house.
Farming for profit Beef + Lamb NZ is holding a seminar on farming for profit at the Fordell Hall on August 9. There will be information on forestry and carbon, drench resistance, the Horizons Regional Council's Sustainable Land Use Initiative and farm environment strategies. The seminar runs from 12.30 to 5pm, with refreshments afterward.
Document charges A woman has pleaded guilty to one charge of taking a document for pecuniary advantage and 15 charges of using that same document for continued pecuniary advantage. Ngaire Gerrard appeared in the Whanganui District Court yesterday, where she will reappear for sentencing on August 29.
Community service A woman was sentenced to 150 hours of community work by Judge Dugald Matheson in the Whanganui District Court yesterday on cannabis-related charges. Jodi-Anne Hawira pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis, procuring or possessing a cannabis plant and possessing utensils used to consume cannabis.
Steele to speak Blue Duck Station owner and conservationist Dan Steele is the guest speaker at the Bason Botanic Gardens Trust AGM. The meeting is at 7pm on Thursday, August 9, at the Davis Lecture Theatre, Whanganui Regional Museum. Steele's talk will start at 7.30pm.
Creamery recycles The Lewis Road Creamery will change to 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles for two products by mid September.
