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4 days ago
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Around 10 cows killed after vehicle crashes into herd outside Palmerston North
Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER *A previous version of this story stated around 20 cows had been killed. A later police update clarified that 10 died and four have been injured. Police say 10 cows have died, and four have been injured after a vehicle crashed into a herd outside of Palmerston North on Friday night. Emergency services received reports of a collision between a vehicle and a herd of cows on Napier Road, SH3, near Ashurst around 8.30pm. The driver of the vehicle suffered moderate injuries. Both lanes were blocked, and diversions were put in place while the road was cleared. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
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4 days ago
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Around 20 cows killed after vehicle crashes into herd outside Palmerston North
Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Police say around 20 cows have died after a vehicle crashed into a herd outside of Palmerston North on Friday night. Emergency services received reports of a collision between a vehicle and a herd of cows on Napier Road, State Highway 3, near Ashurst around 8.30pm. The driver of the vehicle suffered moderate injuries. Both lanes were blocked, and diversions were put in place while the road was cleared. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
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5 days ago
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Driver seriously hurt as vehicle crashes into house
The scene of the crash on Friday morning. Photo: RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham The driver of a car that crashed into a house in Palmerston North has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. The vehicle crashed on the corner of Russell and Titoki streets, in the central city, about 7.10pm on Thursday. A police spokesperson said only one car was involved, and there were no road closures. No arrests have been made and police inquiries into what happened were continuing. On Friday morning wooden boards had been nailed up to cover the damage to the house, while a piece of the property's fence was missing. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
14-07-2025
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Two die after crashes near Palmerston North and Dunedin
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi Two people have died after two separate crashes in recent days. A person died at the scene of a crash on State Highway 56 at Tiakitahuna, near Palmerston North, on Monday night. Two vehicles were involved in the accident which also injured three other people. Police said a woman had died in hospital following a crash on State Highway 1 at Hampden, north of Dunedin, on Sunday. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
14-07-2025
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Crown says Black Power members killed Mongrel Mob member Hori Gage as revenge for earlier attack
By Jeremy Wilkinson, Open Justice reporter of Photo: Supplied Hori Gage was waiting for his mum to come and jump-start his car when he was gunned down in front of his partner and children who were also in the vehicle. The Mongrel Mob member at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds in what the Crown has described as "an execution" after an earlier attack on a rival gang. Now, Black Power members Robert Richards and Royden Haenga are on trial in the High Court at Palmerston North accused of Gage's murder . It's alleged the men were hunting around Palmerston North, hoping to get retribution for the violent assault on a local president. During that assault several days earlier, the local president received multiple stab wounds, a partially severed finger and had his gang patch taken from him by several Mongrel Mob members in what's known as a "depatching". The Crown says Richards and Haenga responded to a "call to arms" to Black Power chapters around the country to retaliate against the assault. The Crown say the two men, and another gang member Neihana Cunningham, drove around looking for Mongrel Mob associates and found Gage sitting in his car with his family on Sunday, August 6, 2023. It's the Crown's case that Richards and Haenga got out of their own car, armed with .22 calibre firearms. It's alleged that Haenga stood beside his passenger door and fired multiple shots at Gage, while Richards advanced and fired five shots into Gage's body. Gage died at the scene. His partner was sitting in the passenger seat next to him while his children were in the backseat. Cunningham has since pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Crown prosecutor Guy Carter opened what is expected to be a four-week-long trial this afternoon with a claim that Richards and Haenga were out looking for revenge. Palmerston North police station. Photo: CC BY-SA / Michal Klajban Carter said it didn't matter that Gage belonged to a different chapter of the Mongrel Mob to the gang members who had assaulted the Black Power president. "The Crown says that the murder of Hori Gage was a direct response by Black Power to the depatching of one of their presidents. "This was a humiliation for Black Power, and a significant response was required." Carter said a gang member having their patch taken was one of the biggest insults they could suffer. A "call to arms" went out after the incident, where Black Power associates travelled from other towns to Palmerston North to help exact that revenge. It is the Crown's case that Richards and Haenga drove around Palmerston North, looking for any Mongrel Mob member to kill as a retribution. "It might be described as an execution," Carter said. Both defendants pleaded not guilty today. Haenga admits to being in the car but Richards denies being there at all. Their lawyers kept their opening submissions short, both urging the jury to keep an open mind over the next few weeks and to not judge the pair simply for being gang members. Haenga's lawyer, Scott Jefferson, said his client never intended to kill Gage. - This story originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald
