Suspicious house fire in Waikato

Police are investigating a suspicious house fire in Waikato overnight. Fire Service and police were called to Fife Place in Tokoroa shortly after midnight, and found the house well ablaze, Detective Neville Hawkins said. It was fortunate the house was unoccupied and that no one was hurt. He said the blaze was being treated as suspicious and neighbours were being asked if they knew or had seen anyone at the house over the last few weeks.

Body found in Bop river

Police have removed a woman's body from the Waipapa river in the Bay of Plenty.Emergency services were called to the scene, just off State Highway 2, early this morning after reports a body had been spotted. Inspector Lou Alofa says the search was fraught with difficulties as there were communication problems between the informant and officers. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and the death has now been referred to the Coroner. Formal identification of the body is taking place and next of kin are being informed.

Truck kills pedestrian on motorway

Auckland's southern motorway has now been reopened after a man's body was found.The northbound lanes were closed from Manukau through to East Tamaki for a short time this afternoon.Police have recovered the body and the incident is being referred to the coroner.A police spokesman said a person was hit by a truck on the motorway under the Te Irirangi Drive overbridge near Manukau.

Teen who set three men alight gets off with warning

An Invercargill teenager, who set three men alight after he threw petrol on a fire, was given a warning under the three strikes law when he appeared at Invercargill District Court today.Judge Kevin Phillips convicted Timothy John Shand, 18, of disfiguring a man after acting with reckless disregard for the safety of others.The court was told Shand had organised an outdoor party at the house of his girlfriend's mother on the night of June 4. An estimated 200 young people showed up to it. Shand had obtained a metal drum in which he lit a fire. During the course of the night several items were added to the fire, including lighters and a wooden garden chair. Shand's lawyer Kate McHugh said he removed the chair from the drum and, in an attempt to get the fire burning better, he went into the shed and poured petrol into a pot.

Goals For Induction And Tanstition

What is our plan/ami?

To answer all the questions.






OUR GOALS


-To do survey on yr7 students.


-To make a piae graph on the results.


-To survey on yr7/8 teachers.






Steps I Need To Take Are:

Survey Yr7 students.
Make a graph.
Survey Yr7/8 teachers.

Indian beauty alarmed at race debate

There was a woman who posted a comment on a Facebook site, that's seen a blue-eyed blonde Indian become the focal point of another racial debate, has told ONE News she does not want her comments misinterpreted as supporting racism.Serena Fiso says contestant Jacinta Lal, 21, was jeered at, at the Miss India NZ beauty contest where she was the Central Districts winner in Wellington in April, and Indian spectators laid complaints with the organisers about her eligibility.Lal's father is Fijian-Indian while her mother is a New Zealander.

Saturday 9th of September

On Saturday the 9th of September me and half of my family went to Tuakau about 11.00pm that night and we got about three hour sleep before we had to take Tera and them to the airport. We stayed there until they left which was about 6.45am. I was so tried and i couldn't Walt until we could go home. After we left the airport we went back to my family's house in Tuakau. We stayed there until 8.00pm that night but i had alot of fun seeing my family and hanging out with Tera and Aotea.

dog spends eight weeks trap without food

A 16-year-old labrador survived eight weeks with no food trapped in an abandoned house in the Southland town of Riverton. The dog was able to survive by using her own body fat and getting water from a hole in the roof, the Southland Times reported.The family pet, called Gail, was found by a neighbour in an unused tunnel house - or plastic greenhouse - across the road from the owner's property.The owner, Riverton man Lou Peterson, said there were tears of joy when Gail walked up the driveway on Tuesday.Searchers say the hunt for the dog was tricky because it was deaf, had a bad hip and didn't bark.

Taranaki man struck and killed walking to work

A 33-year-old Taranaki man was struck and killed by a truck as he walked to work early this morning.The Midhurst local was walking down State Highway 3 between Midhurst and Stratford when he was hit about 4.30am, Sergeant Geoff Winter of Stratford police said.The man was believed to have been walking on the road, within a road lane, as he headed to work at a local business.