Hit and run followed ‘confrontation’

Police are continuing their search for the owner of a vehicle that hit two pedestrians in Motueka.

Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Johnston said the incident happened following a ‘‘confrontation’’ between two groups on York St in the early hours of Saturday morning.

‘‘There’s been some other activity going on there, there’s been another vehicle parked there that’s also suffered some damage.

‘‘The incident has escalated with two people being run down by a second car.’’

Emergency services were

policy on ‘‘sustainable tenancies’’ has an ironic twist.

Now there’s been a lot of coverage in the media this year about redressing the injustices visited upon those Housing NZ tenants wrongly accused and penalised for methamphetamine contamination of their homes.

This pressure on Housing NZ, called to the incident about 2am, with the injured men airlifted to hospital.

One man was discharged on Saturday with moderate injuries. Johnston said the other victim was improving, but remained in Nelson Hospital in a serious condition.

The other vehicle involved in the crash was a Nissan station

combined with the change to a government with a stronger social conscience than the last, seems to have brought tenants’ rights to the forefront of the conversation.

I believe in the rights of tenants and I am supportive of Housing NZ providing affordable and secure housing to those who need it (and let’s face it, in this wagon with a dented windscreen and broken side and rear windows.

The vehicle itself had been found on Old Wharf Rd, where it had been set on fire.

Johnston said officers had been getting good feedback from the public, and were continuing to piece together the evidence.

Police would like to speak with any witnesses, and anyone who noticed a green Subaru station wagon in Motueka in the early hours of Saturday.

Anyone with information can contact Motueka police on 03 528 1220. Information can also be shared anonymously via the Crimestoppers line (0800 555 111).

day and age, there are many).

However, when Housing NZ representatives categorically tell you after receiving years of complaints from multiple neighbours that there’s no way they are going to move their problem tenant – no matter what her behaviours – then you have to question who these tenancies are