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  • Emergency services respond to crash involving mobility scooter in Rotorua CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Emergency services respond to crash involving mobility scooter in Rotorua CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

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    Emergency services are at a crash in central Rotorua.

    Emergency services are responding to a crash between a mobility scooter and another vehicle in central Rotorua.

    A spokesman said police were called to a two-vehicle crash about 10.20am.

    The crash is near the Tutanekai St and Amohau St intersection and the road is closed.

    A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman said it responded with three trucks about 10.20am.

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    She said the crash involved a mobility scooter and a car according to information recorded in the Fenz system.

    A reporter at the scene said a mobility scooter could be seen, along with a motorcycle on the side of the road being photographed by police.

    The Serious Crash Unit has been advised, police said in a statement.

    Amohau St is blocked between Fenton St and Amohia St, and diversions are in place.

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    Drivers are advised to expect delays.

    More to come.

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  • Election 2023: Rotorua candidates respond to youth crime issues in the CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Election 2023: Rotorua candidates respond to youth crime issues in the CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

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    A 13-year-old girl was beaten at a Rotorua bus stop outside the library. Photo / Supplied

    National will give police ‘’permission’’ to clean up Rotorua after two attacks on teenage girls – but Labour says it is not possible to “arrest our way out of this’’ and believes the causes of crime need to be addressed.

    Rotorua MP Todd McClay and Labour rival Ben Sandford spoke out after the two attacks in the CBD in the past two weeks.

    ACT Rotorua electorate candidate Marten Rozeboom believed a greater police presence would help reduce crime. Meanwhile, Te Pāti Māori Party candidate Merepeka Raukawa-Tait believed the community must do more than “express horror” and instead take action.

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    The comments come after a 13-year-old was left bloodied at an Arawa St bus stop after being punched by a stranger on Tuesday last week and a 15-year-old collapsed after being beaten on Monday on Haupapa St.

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    Police have referred three young people to Youth Aid and say they are maintaining an increased presence in the area where the attacks happened, near the Rotorua Library.

    Mayor Tania Tapsell said the council was “determined to turn this around” and an inner city community safety hub would be established in about two months.

    National's MP for Rotorua, Todd McClay. Photo / Andrew Warner
    National’s MP for Rotorua, Todd McClay. Photo / Andrew Warner

    McClay told the Rotorua Daily Post Weekend it was “horrifying” and “extremely sad for Rotorua” for violent crime to be happening in the CBD.

    He criticised the …

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