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[email protected] corners as Police spoke with a The homicide investigation A McDonald Street resident, The property was the scene of Armed Police swarmed a Tinwald number of people in George was launched after a man, be- who asked not to be named, another homicide in 2016, where address on Monday afternoon, Glassey Park, some wearing lieved to be Peter Hemi, was crit- said he and his partner had not Tainui James Wano was stabbed believed to be in relation to the Black Power patches. ically injured near the corner of heard any disturbance on Friday by his brother Jayden Shane Al- ongoing homicide investigation One person said Police had McDonald and Princes Streets in evening, but woke on Saturday exander with a boning knife. following the death of a 23-year- blocked the area off and were not Netherby. morning to news of a homicide old man in Netherby on Friday letting anyone through for a pe- He died a short time later. investigation being launched evening. riod of time before allowing peo- Some of those present on Ag- and being unable to leave his Police were unable to clarify ple to move through again. nes Street were also seen at the property due to the Police cor- late on Monday evening why the Once the majority of Police crime scene on Saturday morn- dons. armed officers were in Tinwald, had left, a number of detectives ing watching as Police carried “We couldn’t really get out for or if any arrests had been made. and an armed guard remained at out their forensics work and as a few days but the cops were CONTINUED P2 Ph 03 307 7900 Mid Canterbury. to subscribe! That’s our Heartland. Earn 1.60%p.a. with Heartland’s Direct Call Account. Find out more at heartland.co.nz Direct Call Account terms and conditions apply. News 2 Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, November 12, 2019 www.guardianonline.co.nz Armistice Day remembered BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY gone, but we can learn from the [email protected] past and their mistakes, the ef- At the 11th hour, of the 11th day fects and the need to protect of the 11th month, a group of what we believe is rightfully around 40 people gathered at the ours. We can do it in a diplomat- Ashburton Cenotaph to com- ic, non-confrontational manner, memorate the 100 years since by getting on with neighbours, the first time Armistice Day was by treating people and property recognised. with respect, what we have now This year marks a century came and continues to come at since the first Armistice Day ser- a huge cost, something we don’t vice was held in 1919; it is ob- want to go through again and served at 11am every November again, and something that ap- 11 to mark the moment the guns pears on the surface to be forgot- fell silent on the western front ten by many.” during World War One. Brenton said it was important “One hundred and one years to acknowledge and to continue ago today the guns fell silent and to acknowledge the sacrifice of war ended in what for most was a those that had fought in World time of huge relief, a time to cel- War One as without their ser- ebrate the knowledge that loved vice, the world would not be the ones would be returning home,” same. Ashburton RSA president Merv Ashburton deputy mayor Liz Brenton said at the service. McMillan also spoke at the ser- “But as history tells us that vice, while the Ashburton Cadet didn’t and still hasn’t happened, Unit attended and John Lischner today we need to reflect on the filled the important role of play- effects of wars, how it effects ing the bugle. on so many lives, their families McMillan said it was an hon- and the knowledge that success our to be a part of the commem- in war always delivers casual- oration. ties and hidden costs, many left “It is a time to remember those Ashburton RSA President Merv Brenton speaks at the Armistice Day service at the Ashburton with physical scars, many with whose sacrifice is recorded on Cenotaph yesterday. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 111119-JPM-0012 hidden mental scars … towns, war memorials, and whose countries also destroyed as a re- memory lives on in family histo- human kindness,” she said. their legacy will endure in the sacrifices of our forebears, and sult of war are able to be rebuilt, ries. It will be a time to remem- “Although the generation memory of their children and we commit to a world where covering evidence of war. ber how our communities sup- which lived through the first the generations that followed. peace, wellbeing and security “We can’t live in the past, that’s ported the war effort with acts of World War is no longer with us, We honour and remember the can be shared by all.” Charges dealt with by AVL McDonald Street development A homicide investigation into able to contact her yesterday, un- From P1 Initial reports suggested the the death of a 23-year-old man in derstandable in the circumstances. The nearby resident said those dairy farm worker had died as a Ashburton on Friday night had re- Judge Maze said the charges had been two isolated incidents result of a gunshot wound how- percussions for a defendant in the could only be amended in Hemi’s with two separate families and ever Police would later rule this Ashburton District Court yester- presence. that for the majority of the time out as a cause of death. day. She noted a guilty plea had been the street did not experience any The Police investigation, Jessie Hemi was to have ap- indicated and remanded her on issues. which was led by Detective peared via audio-visual link before bail to December 16. “We have had no issues with Senior Sergeant Richard Quest- Judge Joanna Maze, who was in the It was the second time the Ash- any neighbours, no issues at all,” ed, saw officers and specialists Timaru District Court. burton court has used technology he said. search teams scouring effluent A charge of theft was to have to link a judge, lawyers and a de- The homicide is the second and irrigation ponds near to been amended to wilful damage fendant. in less than three months after the Gardiners Road address and and another charge withdrawn, A large screen in the Ashburton dairy farm worker Tony Grant Detective Senior Sergeant also spending considerable time but Hemi did not appear. courtroom yesterday showed four Waldron was killed near Rakaia. Richard Quested completing searches in both the The case was remanded to De- scenes from the Timaru court, in- Waldron, who was aged 29 at he had failed to turn up for work. Rakaia and Selwyn River beds. cember 16. cluding Judge Maze at the bench. the time of his death and a father He had texted a colleague For the latest developments Defence counsel April Kelland The Timaru court was able to see of two, was found dead in his about 9pm the evening before to check out the Ashburton App said Hemi was a cousin of the hom- Kelland and Ashburton court staff bed by a work colleague on the say that he was going to get some and the Ashburton Guardian icide victim but she had not been and deal with the case in real time. morning of September 18 after bourbons. Facebook page. News www.guardianonline.co.nz Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Ashburton Guardian 3 100 years of working for women An Ashburton Hospital midwife NZ service award, life member- who has helped improve child- ship of the Ashburton Netball As- birth survival rates for mothers sociation and Ashburton Netball and babies in Mongolia was one of Umpires’ Association. She contin- 100 special women honoured by ues to coach and assess umpires Zonta at the weekend. in her role as a New Zealand um- Julie Dockrill, charge midwife- pire coach assessor. ry manager at the hospital, led a The club also presented a cen- small team of midwives to Mon- tennial champion community golia in 2013 to train 300 maternal award to Mid/South Island Wom- health workers over six weeks. en’s Refuge and Family Safety Ser- She also wrote an education vices to recognise the contribu- manual that has been translated tion they have made to women of and adopted for use around the the district affected by domestic country, which is bordered by Chi- violence. na and Russia. Ashburton Zonta president Ju- In three years, infant mortality dith Early said the club was de- has dropped 66 per cent and the lighted to present all three awards number of mothers dying in child- to women who had given much birth reduced a staggering 70 per assistance towards empowering cent.