Pegasus Post: January 14, 2020

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Man in court after tip jar theft
• From page 1
Mrs Haughie said Mr Kirk was
well-known in New Brighton and
he had touched the lives of people
throughout Christchurch and
New Zealand.
She said he made friendships
in all of his roles and during his
time as national secretary of the
New Zealand Meat Workers Union
he represented about 23,000
workers.
“He was very giving, I guess,
very empathetic,” she said.
Mrs Haughie described her dad
as “very loving and caring.
“He liked to cook Sunday
roasts, he liked his beer and he
liked the TAB. We’d all go away
• By Louis Day
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has
appeared in court in relation
to the theft of a tip jar from
New Brighton’s Salt on the
Pier restaurant.
Timi Te Hau, 24 is facing
one shoplifting charge in
connection to the New Year’s
Day theft that was caught on
camera.
The footage showed a man
and woman in gang regalia
together to Port Robinson and
stuff like that, and the garden, he
liked to do that as well.”
She said he loved his wife Dot
Kirk and cared for her in her last
years.
“She needed to be cared for so
he pretty much downed everything,
it was just on his retirement
actually, so he looked after
her for seven and a half years at
home.”
Mr Kirk was also proud to
be “born and bred” in New
Brighton, she said.
Mr Kirk was one of three people
from east Christchurch recognised
in the New Year Honours.
Ranui Ngarimu from North
walking away with the jar that
contained $100-$150.
The empty jar was later
found in the lift outside the
restaurant.
Te Hau will next appear in
court on January 21.
He is also facing a number
of unrelated charges.
Salt on The Pier owneroperator
Sam Alla said the
behaviour was typical of the
New Brighton area.
“This behaviour is becoming
more and more prominent
around New Brighton unfortunately,”
he said.
“We have a cafe downstairs
and a lot of people steal ice
creams from down there.
“We caught someone once
and they were really frustrated
and said: ‘Hey, I’m not paying
for this.’
“It is just very disappointing
and frustrating behaviour to
see around New Brighton,’’ Mr
Alla said.
‘People person’ recognised in New Year Honours
New Brighton was made an officer
of the New Zealand Order
of Merit for services to Māori
art and culture and Steve Bush
from Richmond received a QSM
for services to environmental
rejuvenation.
SERVICE: Tiny Kirk was
a St John New Zealand
first aid volunteer for 37
years.
CHARRED: The gutted
Woodgrove Ave house.
Police allege
fire intentional
• Sophie Cornish
POLICE ARE alleging a woman
purposely lit a fire that ripped
through a North New Brighton
home earlier this month.
The 34-year-old was arrested
and charged with wilfully
damaging property by fire and
appeared in the district court last
week.
Firefighters were called to the
blaze on Woodgrove Ave just
before 9am on January 3.
It was believed no one was
inside the house at the time.
A nearby resident told Pegasus
Post they saw black smoke coming
from the house.
“They [Fire and Emergency
New Zealand] were on to it
straight away, but I tell you what,
if they weren’t, that place would
have burned to the ground,” the
resident said.
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