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More than 400 roaming stock incidents reported in one year on Tairāwhiti roads
More than 400 roaming stock incidents reported in one year on Tairāwhiti roads

NZ Herald

time2 days ago

  • Automotive
  • NZ Herald

More than 400 roaming stock incidents reported in one year on Tairāwhiti roads

'I've almost hit cows on three occasions in the last three years, all in the same spot... between the area around Nūhaka, and Iwitea to Wairoa,' Connell said. As well as stock, he said he has also seen a countless number of goats 'mowed over by everything in the middle of the night' between Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Connell provided Local Democracy Reporting with dashcam footage from his vehicle, showing him nearly hitting cows in Wairoa last week. 'I was also towing a heavy-laden trailer, so it was just by chance that I managed to squeeze them between the two that were on the road.' There were another eight to 10 cows on the side of the road, not shown on the video, he said. 'Cows are herd animals; once one of them is drifting, the whole lot's going.' He believed accessways, gates, and fences on the main highways should be reinforced or improved. 'I'm in commercial vehicles nine times out of 10, but if you were... in a little bl***y Yaris or a Swift... you're not walking away from hitting... a ton worth a cow, especially if you hit it at 100[km/h]'. NZTA Hawke's Bay and Gisborne systems manager Martin Colditz reiterated its call to farmers to help 'avoid their stock becoming a statistic on our roads'. Property owners or farm managers should be mindful of their supervision, regularly check fences, and take extra care when moving stock on roads, he said. Colditz said NZTA Waka Kotahi was carrying out an inspection of SH35 and would work with the council to engage with property owners. They were also exploring how they could manage and enforce increasing occurrences of wandering stock, especially on SH35. 'Wandering stock on our highways presents a risk to life, so please report them as soon as you can, either by calling 0800 4 HIGHWAYS, or 111 where there is an immediate risk to safety,' said Colditz. Waka Kotahi worked closely with the GDC, which had a delegation to enforce stock control on the region's state highways via the Stock Control Bylaw (2017). There were 186 instances of contractors being called out to deal with wandering stock (horses, sheep, deer) on Tairāwhiti state highways between May 2024 and May 2025, according to NZTA. This included 157 callouts on State Highway 35 and 29 on State Highway 2 north and south of Gisborne. On local roads, GDC animal control team lead Ross Hannam said the council received 271 'requests for service' regarding the issue from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. 'Waka Kotahi have contractors to deal with stock on state highways,' Hannam said. The council had received four requests for services for both SH2 and SH35, which were dealt with as quickly as possible, according to Hannam. He said the first thing the council did was remove stock from the road to make it safe. If the owner was known, they would contact them. If they couldn't contact the owner, they would impound the stock. 'The big problem is horses within the city and townships up the coast. There are a lot of horse owners that don't have any land to hold their horses,' he said. 'Any stock not claimed is auctioned off. This is mainly horses, and there are two or three per year.' He said the council issued fencing notices to repeat offenders. The council could not issue infringements under the Animal Control Act and bylaws. Federated Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa provincial president Charles Reynolds said farmers must be vigilant about fencing. He said he had no information on whether the issue of wandering stock was worsening in the region. Wandering stock was a bigger issue up the coast north of Tolaga Bay along SH35, he said. However, Reynolds believed incidences of livestock on roads were low relative to the hundreds of kilometres of farming fence lines in the district. The vast majority of farmers were aware of the safety threat to motorists – and their animals, he said. Storms and landslides that took out fencing were a known issue. 'From time to time, gates may be left open by mistake, or by visitors to a farm. Trees and large branches can fall on fences, damaging sections and enabling animals to escape,' Reynolds said.

Cosmetic Cowboys: Non-surgical cosmetic procedure checklist
Cosmetic Cowboys: Non-surgical cosmetic procedure checklist

ITV News

time16-07-2025

  • Health
  • ITV News

Cosmetic Cowboys: Non-surgical cosmetic procedure checklist

Over 2,000 anti wrinkle injections are being administered in the UK each day. But how can you be sure that your jab is safe? This non-surgical cosmetic procedure checklist has been commissioned by Save Face and Dr Zoe Williams. Save Face is a government approved register for doctors, nurses and dentists who provide non-surgical cosmetic treatments. This checklist is designed to inform patients of best practice when it comes to non-surgical cosmetic procedures. You can download the checklist here. Before Your Appointment Research the clinic and practitioner and check reviews Confirm the practitioner is registered with a PSA-accredited register - follow the link and enter the practitioners surname Check their professional qualifications (GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC) - follow the link and check the practitioners details If you are considering Botox, you MUST have a face to face consultation with a qualified prescriber (doctor, nurse prescriber, dentist or a prescribing pharmacist) prior to having treatment. Even if a non-qualified person, such a beautician, is doing your injections During Your Consultation Your medical history will be taken, and a consent form provided You'll be informed about expected results and how long they might last Immediate effects post-treatment will be explained Possible complications and their management will be discussed Aftercare instructions and expectations will be clearly communicated Before and after photos should be taken What to Look For in a Reputable Clinic The clinic is clean, professional, and well-maintained The treatment room provides a private, comfortable environment with adequate lighting and a proper treatment couch Hand washing and sanitizing stations are available Staff wear appropriate PPE (gloves) for your safety Surfaces and equipment are properly disinfected between clients Sharp waste is disposed of safely and correctly Regarding Products and Equipment Unopened products should be shown before treatment, with the brand and LOT number. Take a photo for future reference, should you later see another clinician You can check that the product is an MHRA regulated product here During Your Treatment

Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements
Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements

Yahoo

time15-07-2025

  • Business
  • Yahoo

Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements

Candy Crush maker, King, which Microsoft acquired along with Activision Blizzard back in 2023, was the first hit when mass layoffs were announced across the company earlier this month. Now some impacted staff say morale is at an all time low, as AI they've been training for years is potentially used to replace them. 'Most of level design has been wiped, which is crazy since they've spent months building tools to craft levels quicker,' a member of King's Farm Heroes Saga team reportedly told 'Now those AI tools are basically replacing the teams. Similarly the copywriting team is completely removing people since we now have AI tools that those individuals have been creating.' 200 were laid off across King, though many impacted staff are reportedly in limbo until union negotiations wrap up in September. According to improving morale at King was a top priority following poor internal survey results and ongoing attrition. Instead, one employee said 'it's now in the gutter' ever since the layoffs were announced. King has not been secretive of its use of AI tools to make games like Candy Crush, which players' spent an estimated $9 million on every week, even harder to stop playing. 'Before we release a level, we let the bots play that level and we get insights–are there any shuffles? How difficult was this level? And there are many more metrics that give designers an insight into the gameplay–we run them thousands of times so we have good accuracy,' King's director of AI Labs Sahar Asadi told at GDC in 2024. 'Then the designers decide if that is an intended experience that they wanted – yes or no–and they go back and refine the level,' she continued. 'We also have built a tool on top of this playtesting that does automatic tweaking by AI.' AI's been a reoccurring backdrop to Microsoft's decision to fire roughly 9,000 employees, including many across Xbox and its related gaming divisions. Developers were invited to an AI roundtable at Gamescom 2025 on the same day the layoffs were announced. A senior Xbox publishing producer encouraged impacted staff to us AI to redo their resumes and apply to new jobs. And over the weekend, one of Xbox's principle development leads put out a hiring post that used apparent AI slop for its image of someone coding at a computer. The cuts across Microsoft comes as it commits to invest $80 billion in AI technology, more than the total cost of all its recent gaming acquisitions, in the current fiscal year alone. 'The fact AI tools are replacing people is absolutely disgusting but it's all about efficiency and profits even though the company is doing great overall,' one King staffer told . 'If we're introducing more feedback loops then it's crazy to remove the developers themselves, we need more hands and less leadership.' . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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