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A rugby referee has been king-hit by a spectator holding a baby, after a controversial end to a game in Auckland.
The attack happened during a Samoan United Rugby Shield game between the Auckland Eagles and Laulii Liona at Williams Park in Mangere at the weekend.
Tournament organiser Moe Mata’afa said the event happened after the Eagles scored the winning try in injury time before one of the Laulii players made a late tackle.
Auckland rugby referees manager Mike Elliott confirmed the incident and said it was being investigated by the disciplinary committee.
Mr Mata’afa said that, soon after, as the referee stood in the officials’ tent talking to some of the players, the man – understood to be a spectator – entered the tent and punched the referee from behind.
As the referee spoke with the Laulii captain after he awarded the Eagles a penalty, he was allegedly abused by one of the Laulii team’s support staff and ended the game. . The man then fled…”
“But it wasn’t a real [bad punch] because he had a baby in one hand. they were talking to him in the tent and someone just from nowhere punched the referee.
Mr Mata’afa said they had called police but the unidentified man had already fled.”
He believed the incident was sparked by the referee’s decision to end the game won by the Eagles 14-12, early.
The tournament is played following the regular rugby season and consists of teams made up by players from the same villages in Samoa.
He said the incident was the first of its kind in the tournament’s six-year history.
Mr Elliott said the referee had not suffered any serious injuries and would referee again this weekend.
It was made up of Auckland and Counties Manukau club and secondary school rugby players.”
Otahuhu Senior Sergeant Laurie Culpan confirmed the assault but said they had not located the offender.
“We would like to find the culprit but a member of the public is pretty hard to find when they disappear into the woodwork.
Mr Culpan said since it was not a serious assault, the enquiries were being left to the Auckland Rugby Union, with police to act on any information provided by them.
“Police were called but obviously by the time we got there the spectator had disappeared, which is fairly common for these sort of things,” he said.”
He said the rugby union had measures they could take such as bans on individuals or standing clubs down in order to get the person to come forward.
“As you can imagine from our perspective, everybody’s gone, there are that many lines of inquiry for a minor assault, it would chew an inordinate amount of police time.
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A top New Zealand entertainer tried to force a young woman to perform a sex act, a court has heard.
The identity of the man will remain a secret after judge Eddie Paul granted him interim name suppression at the Auckland District Court today.
In August, the man pled guilty to one charge of performing an indecent act with intent to insult.
The court heard submissions from media organisations who wished to challenge the man’s request for permanent name suppression.
The man was due to be sentenced this afternoon, however Judge Paul reserved his decision until next Friday.
“To say that this is a day of great disappointment and regret for [name suppressed] would be a great understatement,” Mr Mansfield said.
The man’s lawyer, Ron Mansfield, said his client was very remorseful.
The charge relates to an incident earlier this year when the man had been intoxicated and walking home. The man and two of the females went down an alleyway.
He had encountered three young women who had asked to kiss him. “She was taken by the head and her head moved down to his genitalia,” Mr Mansfield said.
The third female later followed the others down the alleyway and approached him from behind.
Mr Mansfield’s client acknowledged he had acted inappropriately.
Some time after that the young woman contacted police.
The man had pled guilty at an early stage, had offered to pay reparations of $5000 to the victim and offered to take part in a restorative justice meeting with her.
The man had pled guilty at an early stage, had offered to pay reparations of $5000 to the victim and offered to take part in a restorative justice meeting with her.
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Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele has attacked news media for claiming tsunami aid to his country was being misused.
He challenged media to go to the scene and see for themselves.
But as he made the claim Porirua College’s head of Pacific Studies has questioned what happened to aid they gave to tsunami damaged villages.
“The only stories you are sending overseas are bad, unfounded stories.
According to the Samoa Observer, Tuilaepa said there were many “under-educated journalists” in Samoa.
He denied aid relief rorts were taking place and challenged the media to go and see. I urge your journalist association to form a special council to rule the reports by these boys and girls who write these make up stories,” the prime minister said.
“Stop relying on statements from the government.
He blamed the rain for delays in aid reaching the damaged southern coast. You go see,” he said.
“Some houses are up.
“The rainy season is here, the people fixing roads should look at fixing roads because of the dirt,” he said. . But others should begin this week.
The principals of both colleges cancelled planned trips and went shopping to spend funds on buying kitchenware necessities, such as knives, forks, plates, bowls, bush knives, pots, saucepans, and food.
The principals of both colleges cancelled planned trips and went shopping to spend funds on buying kitchenware necessities, such as knives, forks, plates, bowls, bush knives, pots, saucepans, and food.
“We were about to distribute the materials, to about 10 or 12 families when a senior government official arrived and asked us to take our donation to their village council committee who were allocating gifts to the village,” Aliimuamua wrote.
They travelled to Lalomanu to give it to the worst affected village.”
Their gift was not distributed however.
“We told him we would like to give our cash money to the Red Cross for distribution, but he was very convincing that the best way to go about distribution of our meaalofa (gift) is through the village committee, which we didn’t mind in the end.
“He hesitated as if not sure of anything and said, ‘Some materials have been given to the victims, but not the money, we are waiting until all donations had been received before we dish it out to the victims and then thanked everyone in the newspaper and let us know’.
“When I left on 12th October, I met the government official at the airport, I asked him if they had distributed our meaalofa, so far we haven’t heard of what happened or had seen any report in the paper about it.
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Aliimuamua said they “hope that our gifts have been distributed already to all the Lalomanu families of tsunami victims as we wanted to help them
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The Office of the Auditor-General says there are no grounds for an inquiry into Finance Minister Bill English’s housing arrangements. .
The Auditor-General’s conclusions were predictable, Mr English says.
“Importantly, the Auditor-General concludes that the current parliamentary system is designed to establish whether an MP maintains a current residence outside Wellington, rather than where an MP lives in an everyday sense.
“I welcome the Auditor-General’s confirmation that I correctly completed my declarations and provided other information as required to claim Wellington accommodation costs.
The report called for a “simple and sensible” system for providing MPs and Ministers with support for the costs of their accommodation while in Wellington.
Mr English came under fire after it was disclosed he received more than $900 a week in allowances while living in his family home in Karori, twice what he was able to claim for living in the same house as an Opposition MP.
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The Maori Party plans to have 18 seats in Parliament
by 2017, which will include all the Maori seats, its president told
a group of Maori Party supporters today.
About 200 leaders and supporters attended the Maori Party’s annual general meeting in Auckland today.
Maori Party president Professor Whatarangi Winata said the party had been active in Parliament to date and had delivered 180 speeches since the beginning of the term.
Leaders, members and MPs discussed the party’s role in Parliament to date and its future plans. .
The party wanted to increase its membership to have more influence in legislation, but co-leader Tariana Turia said for this to be done, more people needed to “cough up” more funds, particually those who were “well heeled”.
“We do have a respectful relationship (but) we don’t have to agree with one another,” she said.
She said she expected the party to be able to see out its term with National and had a good relationship with Prime Minister John Key and his party.”
The leaders discussed the climate change and the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), and while Mrs Turia said she was personally opposed to the ETS, because it would effect forestry, fishing and farming, three areas essential to the Maori economy, the Maori Party supported the bill because that was what their supporters wanted.
“The most important thing is the Maori Party is sitting at the same table as whoever is in Government.
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Two men have been charged with murdering 17-year-old Kaine Lewis in the Bay of Plenty town Murupara earlier this month.
A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old were due to appear in Rotorua District Court later today, acting area commander Inspector Greg Sparrow said.They had both been previously charged with participating in a criminal group activity.”Obviously we are pleased that we have been able to reach a point where we can charge two people with murder. .”This was a serious incident which has had a significant impact on the Murupara community. We are continuing to speak with a number of other people who may have been involved.”Mr Lewis was beaten and dumped on a driveway of a Murupara house, where he was found dying on October 3.”There was a vehicle involved but we don’t believe it was serious enough to cause those injuries,” Mr Sparrow said.He had extensive head injuries but Mr Sparrow would not say whether a weapon was involved. In January Jordan Herewini, 16, was run down by a vehicle allegedly driven by a gang member now facing a murder charge.Mr Lewis was the second teenager to die in Murupara gang violence in nine months.