Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Pregnant lady punches driver TRACY NEAL
Open Justice Reporter
A pregnant woman who felt aggrieved while trying to cross the road outside a busy supermarket walked up and punched an elderly driver through the window of
his car as he got too close to her and her family. Terrah Lee Conn was on Monday sentenced to nine months’ supervision after she pleaded guilty to an assault charge, which arose from an incident outside the New World supermarket in Stoke on
June 6 this year. A 76-year-old man was parked outside the supermarket, and a taxi was parked in front of him. As he pulled away from the tight parking spot, Conn, her partner and her young son stepped off the kerb.
The police summary said Conn started screaming at the driver, went up to the side of the car and punched him in the face before throwing another punch at him. As the man drove away Conn’s partner kicked his car. In the Nelson District Court,
Judge Jo Rielly was relaying the facts to Conn - a young woman in her 20s, including that at the time of the assault she was pregnant and had with her a young child. “Even if there was a close call
SEE PAGE 2
Lack of pay parity ‘sucks’ SARA HOLLYMAN Overworked and undervalued nurses, who just want to be paid the same as their DHB counterparts, say they have had enough of their pay falling behind others doing the same job. Primary Health Care and Plunket nurses walked off the job on Thursday following a year of failed negotiations with their employers. The nurses say their em-
Medical and Injury Centre nurses Hannah Rayward and Christie Narain dressed as Ketchup and Mustard during Thursday’s strike. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
ployers’ inability to deliver pay parity with nurses who work for Health NZ Te Whatu Ora is due to a lack of government funding. More than 4000 nurses across the country took to the streets to voice their concerns over the lack of pay parity, with local nurses believing there is now up to a 20 per cent gap in what they are paid compared with those at Health NZ. See Page 4.
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