The Star: September 21, 2023

A MYSTERY meat dumper
has been filling public bins
in Wigram and Hornby with
hundreds of kilograms of meat
in recent weeks.
The dumping comes as the
city council reveals cleaning
up fly-tipping from the city’s
roadsides has cost more than
$800,000 in the past six years.
City councillor Andrei
Moore said someone had
thrown 670kg of meat in
public bins in Wigram and
Hornby.
“We had 220 kilos on one
occasion and 200 on another
a couple of weeks afterwards,”
he said.
Earlier this week the biggest
dumping yet took place, with
14 bags containing 250kg of
meat thrown out.
“It’s hard to say exactly where
it might have come from – if it’s
from a business or is it from a
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Kilograms of meat thrown in bins
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homekill job? It’s hard to say,”
Moore said.
“Presumably it’s to avoid
paying the dumping fees. The
fees are a reasonable amount
. . . to dump this much meat
would’ve cost $150 to $170 or
so.”
It was not entirely clear what
the contents of the bags were,
though it was believed to be
beef and pork.
It cost the council $16,000 to
clear illegally dumped
rubbish from streets in 2017,
but last year it was $105,000, in
2021 it cost $230,000 and the
problem peaked at $330,000 in
2020.
There were 22,229 jobs
relating to fly-tipping during
the last road maintenance
contract period.
In 2023, there were 3142
reports of rubbish dumped in
parks across the city.
The Hoff
stops off
Rhys Darby
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CHRIS
LYNCH
MEDIA
BAYWATCH AND Knight
Rider star David Hasselhoff
has been spotted in the
central city.
Hasselhoff was seen
on Tuesday afternoon
on High St, opposite the
ONE NZ building, where
he posed for a photo.
He had a film crew with
him.
Hasselhoff has been in
New Zealand filming a television
show with Kiwi comedian
Rhys Darby.
The duo and their film
crew were also spotted
at Invercargill Airport
last Sunday when they
caught a flight to Stewart
Island.
“The Hoff” and Darby
were there as part of
an upcoming travel
series and interviewed
residents on the island.
Thursday September 21 2023 The Star
NEWS 3
In Brief
Police investigate
firearm incident
Police are continuing to
investigate after reports
someone was pointing a
gun at a member of the
public in Aranui on Monday
afternoon. Police responded
to the incident on Pages Rd
and were still searching for
the people responsible. A
police spokesperson said “at
this stage (we) are unable to
confirm the presence of a
firearm.”
School locked down
after potential threat
Haeata Community Campus
was placed in lockdown after
parents posed a potential
threat on Monday afternoon.
The police have trespassed
three individuals who are not
students at the Aranui school
after an altercation escalated,
said principal Peggy Burrows.
“The procedure for lockdown
was followed and at no stage
were any children in danger and
the matter was dealt with and
all the processes were followed.”
A police spokesperson said
inquiries into the incident are
ongoing and no charges had
been laid at this time.
Tsunami warning
sirens to be tested
The tsunami warning sirens will
be tested at 11am on Sunday
after the clocks move forward
for daylight saving. The 45
sirens, located between Taylors
Mistake and Brooklands, will
sound for up to three minutes.
The tsunami warning network
is designed to forewarn
residents about a tsunami which
could take more than three
hours to reach the coast.
Climate activists
target city council
School Strike for Climate
Ōtautahi activists staged a ‘fly-in’
protest on Monday demanding
the city council retract its
support for the proposed new
international airport at Tarras,
Central Otago. The protest at the
Te Hononga Civic Offices kicked
off Climate Action Week.
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