Based in Caversham, Te Kāika is a "one-stop wrap-around health provider" with GPs, dentists, counselling, budgeting and welfare advice. The charity is a success story turning over $14m per year.

Or at least it was. A substantial ODT investigation has uncovered dirty dealings. It seems the board chair appointed her son as CEO, and anyone who didn't like that was forced out of the organisation, resulting in numerous staff losses and payouts. Then there are the "loans".

The Department of Internal Affairs is investigating "unsecured interest-free loans to board chairwoman Donna Matahaere-Atariki and her CEO son Matt Matahaere."

The ODT also has an editorial explaining their position (link in next post).

"Trouble in the village"
https://archive.ph/JVNcp

#Dunedin #TeKāika

I don't want to make a stampede but University Bookshop #Dunedin has a 25% off everything sale today

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Newly elected Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong is on a mission. He reckons the DCC should allow rich people to buy street names.

While his idea is not even legal in the first place, the concept will be offensive to a lot of Dunedin residents.

https://archive.ph/vhGOm

#NZ #Dunedin #Ong

Man arrested after police raid uncovers 820kg of allegedly stolen pounamu

A man has been arrested after police raided a property in Dunedin and found 820 kilograms of allegedly…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/286118/

Another "Former Political Figure" is lurking behind name suppression after being charged with "assault, behaving disorderly and escaping police custody."

"The Dunedin court heard that the man had been issued with a blanket trespass for all bars in the Octagon area after the incident."

Please Lord, let it be the former National MP who has a thing for toilet seats.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360907192/former-political-figure-trespassed-inner-city-bars-after-late-night-incident

#FormerPoliticalFigure #NZPol #Dunedin

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Helicopters battle multiple fires raging at both ends of the country

Helicopters are assisting firefighters in battling uncontained blazes in the far North Island and the lower South Island…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/275302/

Underwear thief who raided student flats loses bid to stay out of jail

Students in one flat installed CCTV and captured Gray entering their laundry room at 6.20am, on August 6.…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/264765/

In NZ's deep south it's sea lion breeding season. Female sea lions try to avoid males by moving inland and they end up in all sorts of silly places, like the one in this ODT story.

Here in Long Beach our sea lions are generally well behaved. They raise their pups in the sand dunes and never venture across the domain toward the houses. At least, they haven't so far.

May they enjoy a fruitful season.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/seal-upheaval

#NZ #SeaLion #Dunedin #Otepoti

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Labour MP Ingrid Leary deletes post complaining Government didn’t invite her to event, despite invite from organiser

Two further stages are then planned and, once complete, the cycle and w…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/256848/

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Interesting blog post from the Hocken Library on the trees on Anzac Avenue that were damaged/destroyed in the recent bad weather.

#Ōtepoti #Dunedin #HockenLibrary

https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/thehockenblog/a-century-of-anzac-avenue-and-its-trees/

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The flowers on my cabbage trees (Cordyline australis / Māori: tī kōuka) are really going off this year. Not only are they more profuse than usual, they're huge. It's going to be a highly perfumed start to summer.

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Three sovereign citizens walked into the Dunedin courthouse yesterday and demanded to see a judge. It turned out they wanted to sue the court.

Naturally court staff weren't very helpful, so the three locked themselves into a room and refused to come out. Twelve cops arrived and arrested them.

The trio, aged 48-62, will appear in Dunedin Court charged with trespass and refusing to provide a DNA sample. The 62-year-old was also charged with refusing to supply photograph and fingerprints.

Dumb conspiracies really don't apply in the real world. FAFO.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/sovereign-citizens-charged-after-barricading-themselves-court

#SovCit #Dunedin

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