The Star: May 31, 2018

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WESTPAC Rescue
Helicopter has celebrated
saving more than 10,000 lives
in Canterbury over the past 25
years.
A special function was held
at the Garden City Helicopter
Aviation Emergency AirCentre
yesterday.
The celebration coincided
with the announcement Westpac
Rescue Helicopter was the
most trusted charity in the
country.
Canterbury crew chief Rick
Knight said the recognition is
appreciated.
“We are often dealing in
extreme circumstances, all
working together to help the
patient and then get them to
the hospital – it is great to know
people are thinking of the
service.”
The charity, which runs 24
hours a day, needs to raise $7
million annually to fund its
service.
in brief
10,000 lives saved by Westpac chopper
New Brighton Pier
Meghan’s Akaroa moment
Teenager
crawls into
shower
cubicle
MEGHAN MARKLE has
revealed all about her first
honeymoon experience in
Akaroa.
The Duchess of Sussex told
ZM Breakfast during her New
Zealand holiday with former
husband and
film producer
Trevor Engelson
a teenage boy
crawled into her
shower cubicle
and tried to steal
her underwear.
The couple
rented a campervan
for their
two-week road
trip honeymoon
around the
country during the Christmas
and New Year of 2011-12
“When we got into the campsite,
they had nice areas to take
a shower and I’m washing my
hair and I hear something,” she
said.
“I open the shower curtain
and there’s this 13-year-old boy
who had crawled under the
stall and was trying to steal my
underwear.
“I grabbed a towel and I’m
HOLIDAY: Meghan Markle was surprised in the shower by a teenage boy in Akaroa
during her honeymoon with ex-husband Trevor Engelson.
PHOTO: CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGES
like, ‘Where is your mother?’
I found his parents, who were
mortified,” she said.
“I can laugh about it now but
at the time I was so shaken up,”
she said.
“He was just a little prankster,
he was harmless – probably
bored to tears with his family.”
During their honeymoon,
Markle and Engelson visited
glaciers, seal colonies and wineries,
and swam with dolphins
before reaching Akaroa and
checking into the camping
ground where the incident took
place.
She and Prince Harry are
expected to return to New
Zealand in October after they
visit Australia for the Invictus
Games.
If the Duke and Duchess
make a stop in Christchurch, it
would be Prince Harry’s second
visit after he was last here in
2015.
repairs complete
New Brighton Pier is being fully
reopened to the public after
16 months and $8.5 million of
earthquake repairs. It will reopen
to the public on Saturday.
Completing the project was
delayed by two months after
disruption from Cyclone Gita, but
the pier is now back to pre-quake
strength.
Sudden death not
suspicious
The death of a man in his 60s who
was found outside social housing
flats in Spreydon yesterday was
not believed to be suspicious.
A member of the public found
his body on the lawn outside
Otautahi Community Housing
Trust flats on Sparks Rd at
7.30am. Police say the man died
suddenly and it was not being
treated as suspicious.
Scammer still not
identified
Police are still working to identify
and locate the scammer who has
been threatening people with
violence if they do not pay up.
Nineteen complaints have been
received from people targeted by
the sinister scam, involving phone
calls and texts to victims who are
told the caller is from the Mongrel
Mob, Highway 61 or Black Power.
A police spokesman said inquiries
were ongoing.
Menacing dog plan
costs council nearly $5k
The city council spent $4811 on
external legal advice on where
dogs classed as menacing should
be muzzled. It came after the
city council sent letters to all
menacing dog owners saying
their animals had to wear
muzzles when in their homes or
backyards. It caused uproar so the
city council then sought external
advice from Buddle Findlay and
made a U-turn. The city council
refused to release the advice it
received or any correspondence
on the issue to The Star.