Burnouts at the graveside prompt CCTV installation
Black smoke blowing into the chapel, tyre-popping beside the burial lawns - this is the kind of behaviour which prompted Hamilton Park Cemetery to install CCTV cameras.
Cemetery staffers say they've noticed the skids get more deliberate and extensive over the past two to three years.
One funeral director had seen someone step in front of a car in an attempt to stop it doing a burnout, according to the Funeral Directors Association NZ.
As well as the noise - which affects other services on at the same time - the burnouts are leaving rubber marks, ripping through the seal, and cemetery staffers are worried one of the vehicles will lose control and hurt someone.
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Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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36.2% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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63.8% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
New Hamilton Maccas aims to be NZ’s number one
The white cross adorning the former Gateway Church on Victoria Street will soon be replaced by the golden arches of fast food giant McDonald’s.
And the owners are pledging to make the restaurant the number one Maccas in the country.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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