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Newsmaker: Mike McVicker

This week's newsmaker is Rotorua District Councillor Mike McVicker, who this week said the council debt was too high and jobs needed to be cut.

Suspicious van seen at schools

Rotorua police are urging concerned parents against taking vigilante action as they try to identify a man suspected of approaching children.

  • By Alison King, alison.king@dailypost.co.nz

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Urewera: Complainants to consider compensation

A Rotorua lawyer heavily involved in the Urewera Raids case says it's now a matter of waiting to see what, if any, compensation will be offered to those "unlawfully and unreasonably" detained during the raids.

Iwi trust boss to stay on

A Te Arawa commercial leader will remain chairman of its river trust, despite resigning from another high-profile position after a court found he took valuable land from his grandmother.

Council Update

Investigation into alleged rape at mental health facility

Investigation into alleged rape at mental health facility

Police have launched an investigation after a female patient at a secure mental health facility at Porirua said she was raped by a male patient in the same unit. A Capital & Coast District Health Board spokesman says they informed police as soon as they became aware of the incident, at its Haumietiketike mental health facility. The complaint was made on Wednesday The spokesman says both patients remain in the hospital's care but are being held in separate units. No charges have yet been laid.

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