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  • Rotorua CBD crash: Mobility scooter and motorcycle collide, elderly man injured – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Rotorua CBD crash: Mobility scooter and motorcycle collide, elderly man injured – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Shocked witnesses have described hearing a “bang” as a mobility scooter and motorcycle collided in central Rotorua.

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

    The crash closed the road near the Tutanekai St and Amohau St intersection but it has now reopened.

    Hiria Pohutuhutu was working at Colombus Coffee across the road when she heard a “bang”.

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    She “looked straight up” and saw that an elderly man on a mobility scooter was involved.

    Pohutuhutu said she immediately called the ambulance, and ran outside and saw the motorcycle nearby.

    She said the elderly man was lying on his side.

    A passerby began administering urgent first aid.

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    The crash is near the Tutanekai St and Amohau St intersection in central Rotorua.
    The crash is near the Tutanekai St and Amohau St intersection in central Rotorua.

    Emergency services then arrived on the scene and took over.

    She said the incident was “traumatising” and everyone was concerned about those involved.

    “I did a little prayer for him.”

    Another witness to the incident, who asked not to be named, said he was facing a window when the crash happened.

    The man said a small motorcycle came through the intersection.

    ”I didn’t even hear the bike until I heard a bang.”

    He saw other people by the intersection “freaked out” and heard screaming.

    ”I rushed out and called an ambulance.

    “When I got outside the first responders had started showing up.” .

    St John responded with one ambulance and one rapid response unit, but…

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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

    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

    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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  • Rotorua crime: Police, council, set goal to halve CBD violent offending, antisocial behaviour – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Rotorua crime: Police, council, set goal to halve CBD violent offending, antisocial behaviour – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Rotorua area commander Inspector Herby Ngawhika. Photo / Laura Smith

    Police and the council have set a goal to halve violent crime and antisocial behaviour in Rotorua’s CBD by 2026.

    It comes as Rotorua’s top cop suggests people have moved from emergency housing motels to the city’s backpackers and hostels — where he says demand for police services is rising.

    The target and comments were shared by police area commander Inspector Herby Ngawhika at a Rotorua Lakes Council meeting on Wednesday.

    Inner-city businesses had voiced concern in recent months about safety, and Rotorua has also been hit by a spate of youth crime and ram raids.

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    Police and the council are working on a Rotorua Community Safety Plan, and the progress update included some of what it aspired to achieve.

    Ngawhika said the goal to halve violent crime and antisocial behaviour had to be aspirational.

    “What it does is shows our commitment to what we want to achieve here.”

    He said he became area commander wanting his granddaughter to grow up in a safe town.

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    “I maintain that.”

    In a response to Local Democracy Reporting after the meeting, Ngawhika said because the proposal was at the draft stage, many details were under consultation.

    He said it was envisaged the initiative would address issues such as antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, graffiti, theft from cars and violent offending.

    A request for police crime data relating to violence and…

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  • Rotorua CBD toilets out of action after fire – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Rotorua CBD toilets out of action after fire – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

    Two of the public toilets on Pukuatua St are closed after a fire. Photo / Andrew Warner

    The public toilets on Pukuatua St are out of action after a fire early this morning.

    A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman said three crews were called to scene, between Tutanekai and Amohia Sts, around 4.45am.

    “Crews were called to a small building fire, around 5m by 3m in size. They left the scene about 5.23am,” she said.

    Two of the three toilet cubicles are closed this morning.

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    A police spokeswoman said police were making inquiries.

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