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A bank customer is being praised by Hamilton police after he responded to a call for help and chased a robber today.
Police said the robber, believed to be unarmed, demanded money from a teller in the Hamilton East branch of the BNZ about 10.
As the robber fled with his money, the teller called for help and a man in a queue behind the robber chased him. .
Detective Dion Bennett said it was a gutsy call by the customer.
He pursued the robber down Grey St but lost him when he turned down an alleyway to the rear of Sacred Heart school, said police.”
Mr Bennett said the customer’s first reaction was impressive.
“He realised something was wrong and turns and gives chase, it was really pleasing.”
However, he said police were also wary about urging people to chase offenders because someone could get hurt.
“We take our hat off to him.
The robber was a medium built Maori or Polynesian, between 180-185cm tall.
Details of how much money the man got were not available.
Mr Bennett said anyone with information on the robber could call him direct on (07) 834 9476. He wore a dark top and dark track pants.
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Air New Zealand today announced a normalised profit after tax of $118 million down 19 per cent on last year.
The airline said it had been hit by a rugged first half of the financial year but the second half had seen dramatic improvement.6 billion, down $58 million or 1.
Operating revenue for the year was $4.6 per cent decrease in demand.2 per cent on the same period last year, with passenger revenue down $74 million on a 7.
“Air New Zealand’s profitability against the backdrop of a global economic meltdown was underpinned by management’s decision to move rapidly ahead of competitors to reduce capacity at the first signs of waning demand and an ability to continue to invest and innovate with confidence.
“This result positions Air New Zealand as one of the top airline performers globally but it falls short of delivering shareholders an appropriate commercial return,” chairman John Palmer said.5 cents per share.”
The Board has declared a fully imputed dividend of 3.
“We will continue to invest in new products, technology and customer service, while keeping a strong focus on reducing costs and becoming even more efficient.
Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe said that while some certainty is provided by hedge positions relating to foreign exchange and fuel price, demand remains difficult to predict.”
“Although there are some early indicators that the slump in travel demand may be showing signs of having bottomed out, it would be naive to think that there won’t be bumps on the road to economic recovery. .
Normalised profit after tax of $118 million
Operating revenue down 1.”
Demand for air travel was stabilising, yields remain under significant pressure, fuel prices have resumed an upward trend and we are unlikely to achieve the same level of net hedging gains, Mr Fyfe said.6 billion
Passenger demand down 7.2pc to $4.6 billion, up 22pc
Final dividend of 3.6pc Net cash position $1.5 cents
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A man, who boasted about being “the youngest don in Christchurch”, was today committed for trial for kidnapping and beating another man.
Tasi Faitala Selini, 29, who police said represented himself as a leading figure in the criminal underworld, was remanded him in custody to a pre-trial conference in the High Court on October 2.
Selini faces 10 charges of kidnap, threatening to kill and assault using an assortment of weapons including a knife, a bar stool, a fire extinguisher, and num-chukkas.
They hung out together, getting up in the afternoons and smoking cannabis.
The alleged victim told the court today of meeting Selini through a friend and moving into his house.
The witness said he was initially impressed by Selini’s stories including him being “the youngest Don in Christchurch”.
They got on well for about a week but then the relationship deteriotated.
He thought this was a reference to “some type of high ranking gang member”.
When the deal went slower than expected the money was used on other expenses and Selini blamed his flatmate and threatened to kill him if his mother was affected. .
The witness said that on February 13 Selini accompanied him as he set off to Brighton to pick up cannabis.
She had also borrowed to provide the money.
The attack continued as they drove across Christchurch to Rolleston and flared when a person Selini was to visit proved to be out.
He said Selini had become “psycho” by then, and threatened him with nunchukkas and repeatedly punched him in the head.
Selini sat in the car making growling noises at him.
Selini sat in the car making growling noises at him.
He and Selini drove to Selini’s mother’s home in Bromley early next day.
Two people visited the house, but did not remark on his state and he said nothing to them about the continuing attack because they were Selini’s friends.
The witness said Selini then cried about it being a jail sentence and got his mother to take him to hospital. The attack continued on the way and at the house Selini stabbed him in the right leg with a knife.”
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Defence counsel Rupert Glover questioned the witness’s evidence about the timings of the travelling and the beating but he replied: “You don’t take notice of times when you have someone yelling and screaming and hitting you
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Former MP Taito Phillip Field will have to wait until next week to find out if he is guilty of criminal charges.
The jury considering Field’s guilt on 35 charges retired for the night at 4.
Justice Rodney Hansen reminded the six women and four men of the jury it was critically important not to speak to anybody else about the case over the weekend. .35pm yesterday and have been considering the case for about 11 hours.
Jurors began deliberations about 12.
He also faces 23 charges of wilfully attempting to obstruct or pervert the course of justice, alleging he tried to derail investigations into his dealings with the Thai tradesmen.
Field faces 12 charges of bribery and corruption as an MP, alleging he accepted work on his homes from Thai tradesmen in return for giving them immigration help.
Earlier in the day a group of Maori protestors occupied a foyer in the Auckland High Court where people were waiting for the verdict in the trial.
The trial before Justice Rodney Hansen is into its 15th week.
As well as protesting, they had been filming their own activities earlier today.
The 30-strong group, calling themselves the Mauri Nation State Hapu, had returned to the court earlier today after six members yesterday halted the trial briefly to protest at the ‘syntax’ of the charges laid against Field.
Police had earlier told the group they must leave the building after they ignored demands not to film and racially abused a court official. Use of cameras in the High Court is banned without permission.
The protestors are led by Tass Davis – an uncle of Maori Party MP Hone Harawira – who in June announced a planned campaign of civil disobedience targeting the homes of high-profile judges and occupying courtrooms to draw attention to the group’s bid for a Maori sovereign nation.
However it seems the group has now been allowed to stay.
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The 75-year-old former Auckland police constable said at the time that he expected between 300 and 400 Maori would be involved in the non-violent campaign
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The Auckland actor shot by police in suburban Auckland lured officers to the scene with false claims of domestic violence before advancing on attending officers with a meat cleaver and two knives.
Rob Mokaraka, 36, was shot by a police officer in Smale Street, Pt Chevalier on Monday afternoon.
Detective Superintendent Rod Drew said police telephone records had revealed the man enticed police to his home after making false reports of a violent domestic incident involving a man armed with a concealed gun.
“After some verbal interaction with police he advanced into the street and threatened police who had responded to the 111 calls, with what appeared to be a firearm wrapped in a towel.
“It is now apparent that, having given a distinctive description of the ‘angry man’ he said was armed with a concealed firearm, the man dressed himself to fit the description and waited for police to arrive,” Mr Drew said. . When he refused to stop, an officer fired one shot and the man was disarmed. He is in a stable condition and is expected to remain in hospital for a week or more.
The officer who fired the shot is expected to complete a formal interview today, as are the other officers involved with the incident. A decision regarding charges will be made in the next day or so. He has not been stood down from duty. The officer is off work while he completes the full medical and psychological de-briefing required by the Police Trauma Policy.
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The investigation continues
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Police have launched a fresh appeal for witnesses following the brutal slaying of two young women in the Porirua suburb of Titahi Bay on Friday.
The bodies of Joeline Rangimaria Edmonds, a 21-year-old mother of two, and 16-year-old Jashana Maree Robinson were found by police in house in Morere Street about 10am on Friday.
Ms Edmonds’ two children, both under the age of two, were in the house at the time the killings.
They were called by neighbours after a heavily blood-stained man was seen running around outside the property.
A 28-year-old man, who was granted name suppression, appeared in Porirua District Court yesterday morning accused of murdering the two women and breaching a protection order in respect of Ms Edmonds.
Ms Robinson had been a boarder at Ms Edmonds’ home for less than a week.
The officer-in-charge of the investigation Detective Inspector Shane Cotter said that there had been a good response from the public for help but they still needed “key information”. .
“The public may be able to add something further to what we already know, so it’s important that we speak with them.
‘We’ve received some positive responses so far but we’re still keen to hear from anyone else who may have information,’ he said.
The bodies of the two women were removed from the house yesterday afternoon as family members said a karakia.’
Mr Cotter said he was especially interested in sightings of a male carrying a baseball bat, walking between Tawa and Titahi Bay between 6am and 10am on Friday.
Post mortems were carried out yesterday but the results were not expected for several days.
Mr Cotter said police and forensic scientists were likely to be at the house for a few more days.
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A man was beaten so badly he received two tears to his bowel after he commented that a relative of someone he boarded with in Richmond was chubby, a court has heard.
A trial for Vietnamese nationals Quang Van Nguyen, 50, and Binh Van Tran, 47, opened in the Nelson District Court yesterday.
Nguyen is also charged with assaulting the complainant.
Nguyen and Tran are jointly charged with resulting in grievous bodily harm with intent to another Vietnamese man, Thanh Van Nguyen, 39, on May 27 last year.
After dinner on the evening of May 27, the complainant made a call to Vietnam and spoke with his family in his bedroom.
In his opening address, Crown prosecutor Craig Stevenson said that in April last year, Thanh Van Nguyen was boarding at a Richmond house where the two defendants lived along with the wife of one of the defendants.
Mr Stevenson said the three men were the only ones at home and the complainant was talking with the two accused about family photos of Tran’s when Thanh Van Nguyen made a comment about Tran or a relative looking “somewhat chubby”.
After ending the call, he returned to the lounge area, where both the accused were sitting.
Mr Stevenson said that after that comment was made, Nguyen hit the complainant around his nose and eye with sufficient force to make him feel dizzy. . He was then repeatedly punched and ended up lying on the floor, where he felt a severe blow to his stomach, which he thought had come from someone’s foot.
Thanh Van Nguyen tried to get up and leave the lounge to go to his bedroom but was held back by one of the men.
He did not know who had hit him.
He also received several blows to his shoulder, back and thigh.
The following morning he was still in pain and asked Tran to arrange for him to go to hospital.
Mr Stevenson said Thanh Van Nguyen fainted and, after regaining consciousness, returned to his room in pain.
Mr Stevenson said Tran gave him something to rub on his stomach. He was told he wouldn’t get a doctor’s appointment.
At the hospital, surgeon Graeme Skeggs discovered the complainant had two tears to his bowel consistent with blunt trauma to his stomach. About 3pm or 4pm that day, an ambulance was called and the complainant was taken to Nelson Hospital.
Thanh Van Nguyen spent two weeks in hospital recovering after surgery.
Mr Skeggs also noticed a degree of bruising around the man’s head.
Thanh Van Nguyen said he had commented to Tran that a relative in one of his photos was “as big and fat as you are” and Tran had laughed.
Giving evidence, the complainant told Mr Stevenson that before the assault, they had been having a good time…. I said your skin doesn’t look too healthy.”
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Setting a trial date for a man charged with murdering Grant “Granite” Adams has been postponed for two months as he is dying.
The case for Tauranga man Brett Michael Ashby, 50, was called in the High Court at Rotorua before Justice Judith Potter yesterday when his lawyer explained he was terminally ill.
“He is terminally ill.
Lawyer Elizabeth Hall said her client was under hospice care at home and it was likely he would not survive to stand trial and asked for a two-month stand down. . . . it is a critical situation with his declining health getting worse. If he is alive [in two months] it would be something of a surprise,” she said. .
It is believed Mr Adams was a methamphetamine user with gang connections
Mr Adams’ remains were found in June 2007 in a grave dug with a digger.
Police allege Ashby, a company director, shot Mr Adams in the upper back and head with a semi-automatic pistol before dumping his body at Wairakei, close to Taupo, in December 2005.
Another Tauranga man, Craig Cullen, 44, was sentenced to 12 months’ home detention on April 23, last year, on a charge of being an accessory after the fact of murder.
Justice Potter adjourned the case to be recalled in the High Court at Rotorua on June 4, for a trial date to be set if Ashby was still alive.
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