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Pharmacy break-in after law change ELISE VOLLWEILER Motueka’s Unichem has had the dubious honour of being the country’s first pharmacy to be the victim of a pseudoephedrine-tar-
geted break-in following the controlled medication’s reintroduction for sale last month. The burglary took place just four days after the products were back on the pharmacy’s shelves.
John Burt, who together with his wife Tran owns Unichem Motueka Pharmacy and Greenwood Street Pharmacy, says they were woken by a phone call from Tasman Bay Security in the wee
hours of Saturday 25 May. The burglar gained entry by smashing a side window next to the front door on High Street. This tripped the pharmacy’s alarm systems, which activated at
2.39am. TasBay Security was at the site three minutes later, with police and the owners all arriving by 2.50am. Security footage
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Long-time Lion insists his strength comes from the pack ELISE VOLLWEILER If Bill Menzies was a different sort of man and was willing to sing his own praises, he’d have a magnificent career as a soloist. Instead, the Brooklyn resident refuses to take an ounce of individual credit for any of his myriad achievements within his time in the Lions Foundation, insisting that he has just been very much part of the choir. Bill was honoured with the Melvin Jones Fellow earlier this month, “for dedicated humanitarian services”. This
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Lions president Mike Brown, left, was thrilled to present hard-working member Bill Menzies with the club’s highest honour this month. Photo: Elise Vollweiler.
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