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Cat burglar’s gardening glove glut ELISE VOLLWEILER The gloves arrive one at a time. First one, and then, a few days later, the other to complete the set. About 50 pairs over the past 18 months, estimates owner Anna Smythe with fond exasperation. Her young cat MJ is quite the accomplished thief. “It’s just ridiculous,” says Anna. “That’s a big number of gloves.” She has posted about MJ’s thefts online to try to reunite the gardeners with their gloves, with reasonably limited success. His very first prey was a child’s sock. In fact, children’s clothing was his niche for a few months, and Anna would take a box door-todoor around her Māpua cul-de-sac, finding the owners of MJ’s pilfered items. Luckily, the neighbours have been very understanding, although they haven’t yet cottoned on to the fact that they might like to label their gloves for easier catch-and-release. MJ doesn’t like hugs – he allowed himself to
Wharf jumping ‘birthright’ protected after rule rewrite MAX FRETHEY
Local Democracy Reporter
The age-old summer tradition of jumping off the Māpua Wharf has been protected after it was threatened
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by a boating safety bylaw. Tasman District Council’s proposed Navigation Safety Bylaw contained a clause unintentionally banning people from jumping into water or swimming within 50 metres
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of a boat landing place at all times. The rule would have ended the popular Māpua tradition of jumping off the town’s wharf, as well as impacting other popular swimming
spots across the district like Lake Rotoiti or Tata Beach. More than half (163) of the 256 submissions on the bylaw opposed the clause.
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