The Star: October 26, 2023

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Rugby World Cup
They stayed in London and
thankfully managed to grab a
couple of tickets.
“I ended up shouting an
Australian friend of mine to
the game who I’d met on Sail
Croatia three weeks earlier. It
was great because we ended up
beating Australia.”
“That’s probably my best
memory,” Peat said.
Making a lifelong pact was
a hefty commitment, but Kim
Boustridge said having something
to look forward to every
four years kept them motivated
to navigate the forward-planning
needed.
“We’re already talking about
the next World Cup in Australia
and the likelihood that we will
need to accommodate partners.
“It was supposed to happen
this World Cup but unfortunately,
none of the boys landed
that big fish,” Boustridge said.
Peat was also welcoming the
potential of a different dynamic
in the years to come.
“Everyone always says ‘is it a
HAPPY TRIO: Adam John
(left), Kim Boustridge and
Andy Peat at the Eiffel
Tower. Above – Peat and
his dog-chewed passport
in 2015.
lads trip?’, and the answer is not
really.
“We’re all single but the idea is
if we end up with families, that
we bring them on the journey
and hopefully the kids would
carry it on as well.”
After this weekend’s final,
all three fly home and go their
separate ways. But it will not be
long until they begin planning
for Australia 2027, where they
were hopeful there will be a few
plus ones in tow.
– RNZ
Readers respond to the
two-year jail term Mark
Nagel received for the
manslaughter of Tony Kelly
outside Ballantynes
Our justice system is
broken. Time and again we
hear of inappropriately low
sentences given for horrific
crimes, especially where gangs
are involved. It appears that
as a general rule our police
department is doing their job, but
so often offenders come before
judges and are not appropriately
punished.
In this instance, the sentence
is abysmal and makes life appear
cheap here in our country.
We look back to the referendum
that Norm Withers instigated
years ago after his mother
was brutally beaten. It was asking
for harsher sentencing for violent
crimes. A huge percentage of the
population voted in favour of
change, it was quite overwhelming,
but nothing has changed.
Whatever was this judge thinking?
There is no justice in this
sentence. What ever is happening
to New Zealand?
- Shelley and Rod Hickling
Martial art techniques are
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Nagel’s sentence
‘a disgrace’
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skilled and designed for self
protection. Not for killing. A twoyear
sentence with right to apply
for home detention is an absurd
sentence for killing a man. My
heart goes out to Kelly’s family
and loved ones.
What is happening to our
justice system?
- Libby Durey
Was appalled to read the sentencing
of this offender, plus the
judge telling him he could apply
for home detention. The offender
and his associates should be held
to account. Two years is just a
joke, his life needs to be impacted
for this terrible senseless attack.
What a sad day for justice in
our wonderful country.
- Ruth McMorran
If this is the best that our justice
system can do with this sort
of sentencing of Mark Nagel, then
perhaps we should just hand the
whole of sentencing over to AI.
It’s a joke. Take a life, do life.
He should receive a life sentence.
Meaning that he must spend
the rest of his life behind bars,
no parole. New Zealand needs
harsher punishment for offenders.
- NK Lionnet
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