/news/wellington/rss 九一星空无限 Keep up with the latest news from around the Wellington region with 九一星空无限talk ZB. Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:01:03 Z en /news/wellington/police-investigating-after-person-injured-in-fight-with-home-intruder-in-miramar-wellington/ /news/wellington/police-investigating-after-person-injured-in-fight-with-home-intruder-in-miramar-wellington/ Police are investigating after an intruder was caught in a Wellington home and a person was later found unconscious and critically injured nearby. It’s unclear at this stage whether the two serious incidents, which happened overnight in the suburb of Miramar, are linked. Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch said police were called at 2am to reports of an intruder inside a home on Darlington Rd. One person had minor injuries after an altercation with the suspect who had fled before police arrived. “A police dog unit tracked the intruder north of the bus turnaround for several hundred metres until the trail was lost”, Leitch said. Half an hour later, a police patrol found a man unconscious and critically injured near the intersection of Camperdown Rd and Totara Rd. He remains in a critical condition in hospital. Leitch said police were making enquiries into both incidents and working to determine whether they were linked. The intruder may have gone to other addresses in the immediate area, he said. “There will be a visible police presence in the area while we carry out this work and speak with residents. “We would like to hear from anyone with information that may help our enquiries.” Residents on upper Darlington Road and near the intersection of Camperdown Rd and Totara Rd should report any unusual or suspicious activity overnight to police, Leitch said. “We are also asking residents to check their sections and yards for any items that may have been stolen or discarded by the offender, described as a tall man of thin, athletic build, wearing a white cap.” Police are also interested in any CCTV footage that may assist the investigation. Anyone with information should contact police on 105 and reference the case number 250317/6324. Georgina Campbell is a Wellington-based reporter who has a particular interest in local government, transport, and seismic issues. She joined the Herald in 2019 after working as a broadcast journalist. Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:16:38 Z /news/wellington/group-behind-the-wellington-pedestrian-crossing-painted-with-pride-colours-speak-out/ /news/wellington/group-behind-the-wellington-pedestrian-crossing-painted-with-pride-colours-speak-out/ A group added Transgender Pride flag colours to a Berhampore pedestrian crossing last weekend. The council said the paint must be removed due to safety concerns, but Julie Anne Genter hopes to keep it during Pride month. Local residents supported the artwork, emphasising its importance and minimal impact on crossing functionality. By Bill Hickman of RNZ A Wellington woman has come forward as part of a group that added the colours of the Transgender Pride flag to a pedestrian crossing in the suburb of Berhampore last weekend. A council spokesperson said the paint would have to be removed, but Green MP for Rongotai Julie Anne Genter said she hoped to find a way to keep the guerilla artwork in place during Pride month. Longtime Berhampore resident Deb Potter said she and three others elaborately planned the action last Sunday night – setting up traffic cones and donning hi-vis vests as they worked on the road. Deb Potter said she and three others elaborately planned the action of painting colours from the Transgender pride flag into a Wellington pedestrian crossing. Photo / RNZ ‘To show we’re supportive of everyone in the community’ She said the group were inspired by a current case in the High Court where a consortium – with links to Christian fundamentalist political party Vision NZ – were seeking a judicial review of the legality of the council’s rainbow-coloured crossing in the central city. “I just really thought ‘what, why?’ It seemed really horrible and so I was just looking at the crossing that was quite close to me and I thought ‘that would be a perfect place to put something’ and just show that we’re are supportive community of everyone in the community,” Potter said. Deb Potter said the group were inspired by a current case where a consortium was seeking a judicial review of the legality of the council’s rainbow-coloured crossing in the central city. Photo / RNZ Potter said the group read up on the safety objections raised by the legal action to make sure their crossing – dubbed Berhampride – would not be considered unsafe. The group added pink and blue stripes to the white stripe in the centre of the crossing to reproduce the transgender pride flag between two traffic islands that marked the raised crossing in the middle of the street. Locals welcome the unauthorised artwork On the streets of Berhampore, locals and visitors to the area welcomed the unauthorised alteration. “I have no problem with it, I think it’s cool. It’s still a crosswalk, it still works the same and I also have no problem with what it represents,” student Mitarina Tipene said. Another said he enjoyed the presence of guerilla art in communities – provided the work was not destructive or disruptive. “As long as it doesn’t interfere with actual function of the crosswalk it certainly brings visibility to an important cause and isn’t an issue,” James Felker said. Flag a safety risk and will be removed – council A Wellington woman – who did not want to be named – said removing the unauthorised painting would create yet another unnecessary expense for the council to pass on to ratepayers. “I’m a ratepayer. All of these silly things are costing us far too much and they are bleeding us dry. “Trans people are people just like everybody else and they don’t need to be picked out as being more special or less special than anybody else,” she said. A Wellington City Council spokesperson said the flag would have to be removed as the paint could be a safety risk, especially in wet weather. But TJ Tallie – a historian of gender and sexuality, working temporarily in the capital – said he hoped the crossing would be allowed to remain in place for the duration of Pride month. “It would be an absolute shame if they removed it. TJ Tallie hopes the crossing in Berhampore will be allowed to remain in place for the duration of Pride month. Photo / RNZ “I can understand why there are council rules about things being in place to prevent anybody from painting anything at all times.” But Tallie said at the same time – and especially during Pride month and “thinking about a global pushback against both trans representation and existence, that it might be worth thinking about ‘how do we let this moment stand’.” Green MP supports calls to allow the flag to remain during Pride Genter said she hoped to investigate how the colours could be kept in place on the crossing. “If there’s no code issues or safety issues it would be great to keep it for Pride month. If we can’t do that – safely and legally – then I will be advocating with the council to see if we can replace it or find another way to represent something similar that is in line with the code requirements,” Genter said. Wellington City Council said it had not reported the unauthorised painting to the police at this stage. - RNZ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:35:05 Z