Blessie Gotinco's Body

Blessie trial: Neighbour heard loud music from accused's apartment.

Blessie Gotingco's body was lifted from a car in a cemetery, dragged across grass and dumped in bush, a forensic scientist has told a court.

A 27-year-old man, who has name suppression, is representing himself in his trial for the rape and murder of Philippines-born Ms Gotingco at the High Court in Auckland.

The Crown alleges the accused deliberately ran down the 56-year-old with his car on May 24, 2014, before raping and murdering her at his North Shore apartment and dumping her body at a cemetery.

This afternoon the court heard from a series of police witnesses and a forensic scientist about the scene where Ms Gotingco's body was discovered in Eskdale Cemetery.

Police found blood and obvious signs of damage on a car belonging to Ms Gotingco's murder-accused.

Detective Shane Page examined the accused's car in the days following the murder.

Its front bumper had a clean split with no dirt inside, which indicated it was recent, he said.

The right side of the bumper was held on by a piece of string that "looked like a shoelace", and the  passenger side wing mirror was held on with duct tape.

Inside the back seat on the passenger side, about a metre of a seat belt had been cut and was missing, and he could see scratches on the seat.

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How Waves are Made

Facts:

1.Waves are mainly product of the wind.

2.Waves make their way through the ocean and are affected by variances in the ocean floor.

3.Wave frequency is the number of waves passing a point over a specific amount of time.

4.Wave period is the time between successive crests

5.High-pressure systems are associated with warm weather and clear skies.

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Sgt.S.Forsyth VC

Through Sgt. Forsyth's dashing leadership and total disregard of danger, three machine-gun positions were rushed and the crews taken prisoner before they could inflict many casualties on our troops. During the subsequent advance his company came under heavy fire from several machine guns, two of which he located by a daring reconnaissance. In his endeavor to gain support from a tank, he was wounded, but after having the wound bandaged, he again got in touch with the tank, which in the face of very heavy fire from machine guns and anti-tank guns.

Samuel Forsyth (1891-1918) enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of war in 1914, and sailed with the main body to Egypt. He fought at Gallipoli where he received a slight wound, and was evacuated twice with illness. He was seconded to 2nd Auckland Battalion in August 1918, and was posthumously awarded the VC for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack at Grevillers, France, on 24 August 1918.

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'In Loving Memory'. Memorial card for two soldiers - brothers. Sergeant Ernest Neal, 10th Reinforcement, NZRB, Killed in Action in France, October 4th 1917. Aged 26 years and 10 months. Sergeant Alfred Neal, 9th Reinforcements, NZRB. Died of wounds received in France, 23rd April 1918 Aged 21 years and 5 months. Mickle, A. M. R. (n.d.) Mickle album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira.

During service in France and Belgium from 18/7/16 to 18/3/19, equalling 2 years and 8 months, the Unit occupied 82 different Billets and Bivouacs.

Three of these adsorbed 11 months of the period, therefore for the balance of the time the Unit moved its location on an average about once a week.

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Raapa 1 Paenga Wha Wha 2015

                                                          Malama Honua

On a bright Wednesday morning ,25th of March 2015 all the Manaiakalani cluster schools went to Point England to welcome the people from Hawaii that traveled here to New zealand.  This event was held to remember the amazing skills of our ancestors, their courage and their determinations and the way they provided for their families.

There were 2 Waka's called Hourua Hokule'a and Hikianalia. When they arrived , a small speed boat brought them to shore. First we went and sat down on the grass when it was still wet. The school leaders did a haka and a song to welcome them. Then there were Maori speeches done and we had to sing another song repeatedly.An item was also done by Point England school followed by a few more songs. There were over 2000 students and adults at the event.

Finally at the end we had to go and give them high fives and introduced ourselves as our farewell. Then we all walked back to school and everyone felt so tired.