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The New Zealand Sea Lion Trust has extended the reward for information on sea lion killings. Supplied / DOC / Giverny Forbes

A $55,000 reward for information leading to those responsible for killing endangered sea lions in the Catlins a year ago has been extended to cover the killing of three sea lions at the Waitaki River mouth, north of Ōamaru, in August.

The New Zealand Sea Lion Trust (NZSLT) initially offered a $5000 reward for information leading to the killing of a sea lion pup and its mother, found shot in late 2024, and the death of another young female that had to be euthanised after being found with stab wounds in November last year.

The eight month old pup was shot and left to die in September, and its mother was found dead weeks later 100 metres away from where the pup had died.

A wave of support and donations saw the reward soar to $55,000.

But prosecutions have to be brought within twelve months of the offence due to statutory limitations in the Marine Mammals Protections Act, Sea Lion Trust co-chair Shaun McConkey said.

He said the reward has been extended, and will remain open until the end of August for information leading to those who killed the sea lions in Waitaki.

“Sadly I think the opportunity to prosecute someone for the Catlins killings has passed. But for the Sea Lion Trust one of the positives to come out of it is the number of people who are incensed about it, the number of people who are disgusted by it, and the number of people who are willing to give money towards finding the culprits and preventing it from happening again.

“There is certainly a lot of support out there for sea lions and other wildlife, and there’s enough people who have had enough of this type of thing going on.”

The three young males were found at the Waitaki River mouth, north of Ōamaru on August 10.

The New Zealand or Hooker’s sea lion – one of the rarest sea lions in the world – is nationally endangered.

They were hunted to the point of extinction, eradicated on the mainland for around 200 years, only returning in the 1990s when a sea lion named ‘Mum’ made her way to the Dunedin coast to give birth.

There’s thought to be around 10,000 sea lions left, mostly found on remote sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands, though the main breeding colony on the Auckland Islands has halved in size in recent decades.

Sea lions are drawn to isolated sandy beaches, which made it hard to monitor the animals or install cameras in many areas, leaving the Trust reliant on information from the public, McConkey said.

“I’m just hoping that someone’s opened their mouth and boasted about doing this at the pub or something like that, and someone’s been listening and noted it and will be able to tell the police.”

It’s not known what was used to stab the sea lion killed in the Catlins, but McConkey said people would have been able to approach the animal, despite their size.

“If you were to go up and stab a sea lion, they’d most likely try and run away rather than attack you. They’re not especially aggressive animals, but there’s always someone who’s either incensed enough or macho enough to do this and it makes them look big and tough, but I really don’t understand it.”

Locals described the small colony at the Waitaki River Mouth where the dead and wounded animals were found as almost tame.

Under the Wildlife Act, it is illegal to injure or kill protected native wildlife such as sea lions and anyone who does so can face punishments of up to two years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $250,000.

Mainland populations were doing better than their sub-Antarctic counterparts, where colonies were extremely vulnerable to disease and steep declines in numbers had been seen, likely due to wider ecological issues, including growing competition for dwindling fish stocks and the effects of climate change.

On the mainland, the animals faced threats from dogs, drivers and humans.

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November 15, 2025

Ethnic businesses’ contribution to economy continues to rise

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Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Chris Penk, Ethnic Communities Minister Mark Mitchell and Finance Minister Nicola Willis participate in a discussion panel with moderator Ziena Jalil on Friday. RNZ / Liu Chen

A new report reveals that ethnic businesses contributed $87 billion to New Zealand’s GDP in 2023, an increase from $64 billion in 2021.

The Economic Contribution of Ethnic Communities 2001-2023 report – commissioned by four organisations, including the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Ministry for Ethnic Communities – was unveiled at the Ethnic Xchange Symposium in Auckland on Friday.

The symposium, organised by the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, followed last year’s inaugural event in an attempt to boost economic growth and expand ethnic enterprises.

Nearly 500 ethnic representatives attended the event alongside Finance Minister Nicola Willis, Ethnic Communities Minister Mark Mitchell and Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing Chris Penk.

Mervin Singham, chief executive at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities RNZ / Liu Chen

Mervin Singham, chief executive at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, said an additional $10 billion in untapped potential was waiting to be unlocked.

“That is quite a big contribution,” Singham said.

“Our recent research has highlighted that more can be done to unlock entrepreneurial capability of that community. This is why we have symposiums like this to continue to lift that contribution.”

Ethnic businesses make up one in five of all New Zealand enterprises, reflecting nearly the communities’ population share of 25 percent, according to the Ministry for Ethnic Communities.

Asian-owned firms export goods worth almost double the national average, the ministry said.

Dave Ananth, president of the New Zealand Malaysia Business Association, says conducting business in Asia is about building trust. RNZ / Liu Chen

Dave Ananth, president of the New Zealand Malaysia Business Association, highlighted the importance of government engagement and people-to-people ties.

“I think there should be more engagements, not once a year, but more often things like this,” he said, adding that the hundreds of participants can all act as ambassadors for New Zealand.

“I think people need to understand that business in Asia is building trust,” Ananth said. “It’s who you know rather than what you know.”

Ananth said it was easy for him to pick up the phone and ring contacts in another country to conduct business and he would also happily introduce New Zealand business to his friends overseas.

He also encouraged business to think outside the box and look for business opportunities, for example in a country that’s less well-known.

Investment consultant John Hong RNZ / Liu Chen

John Hong, an investment consultant, was encouraged to see that many people from all ethnic backgrounds – especially younger generations – participated in the event.

He said the government should try to retain staff who were knowledgeable and skilled, calling for a stronger continuation of government policies.

“There has also been a high level of staff turnover within government agencies … especially after the pandemic,” Hong said.

“If an entire agency ends up being staffed with new people, then of course they don’t understand the international environment, and they don’t understand the domestic context either,” he said.

“There’s no continuity. If you don’t know the past, how can you possibly plan for the future?

“It takes time for [new people] to know each other and settle in. But with elections every three years, the cycle is so short that many things simply don’t have enough time to get off the ground.”

Ethnic Communities Minister Mark Mitchell stands alongside female entrepreneurs at the symposium in Auckland on Friday. RNZ / Liu Chen

Supporting female entrepreneurs

The symposium also unveiled a report titled Ethnic Women Entrepreneurs on Friday that was also commissioned by the Ministry for Ethnic Communities.

The report said four in 10 of ethnic business owners were women, facing challenges that “reflect the combined effects of gender, ethnicity, migration status and systemic bias”.

Structural barriers, cultural disconnects and persistent under-representation characterised ethnic women’s entrepreneurship, the report said.

While ethnic communities comprised 25 percent of the employed workforce as of May 31, women from ethnic communities earned 16.4 precent less per hour than European men, it said.

Speaking at a panel focusing on stories of ethnic female entrepreneurs, KPMG partner Bineeta Nand said it was hard for ethnic women to secure bank loans or venture capital and, as a result, they needed to rely on personal loans and community funding, which could restrict their project’s scalability.

“Think about those stereotypes and biases that you might have when you’re looking at another ethnic woman in business or a proposal or an application for funding,” she said.

“I think that’s where we can actually start making a difference. Unless we start changing some of those mind sets, we … will be having the same discussion again.”

From left: KPMG partner Bineeta Nand, Clearhead CEO and co-founder Angela Lim, and Kami chief of staff and strategy and co-founder Alliv Samson RNZ / Liu Chen

Singham said women entrepreneurs were most successful because they were highly relational in a multi-dimensional way.

He said the report would provide an insight into how to better support this cohort of entrepreneurs.

“We want to make sure that there’s a bit more of an even keel for ethnic women entrepreneurs to be supported,” Singham said.

“We feel there’s more support that could be put in place to support ethnic women entrepreneurs.”

Singham said there had been more engagement between business councils and ethnic businesses after last year’s symposium.

“The government is taking into account more of what ethnic communities [and] businesses are saying about immigration, regulatory settings in the country and so on, and this is an ongoing conversation that we’ve started,” he said.

However, he hoped the “ethnic community’s voice could be heard a little bit more”.

Mitchell said ethnic businesses were a “huge enabler and competitive advantage” for New Zealand.

“We’ve got diasporas with entrepreneurs, businesspeople, business leaders [and] people with deep connections back to countries that we want to increase our trading relationships, our sporting relationships, our cultural relationships,” he said.

He said the government was very focused on taking big trade delegations that were always heavy in presence with ethnic leaders to leverage the relationships they had.

Mitchell said the government was working on identifying and reducing red tape.

“The government should be pulling the levers … to support and help our entrepreneurs, business leaders [and] businesses grow, and give them an environment so they can grow unimpeded,” he said.

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November 14, 2025

Makayla and Haami score big at Waiata Māori Music Awards

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Hawke’s Bay’s rising star Makayla Purcell-Mainini and Invercargill singer Haami Tuari walked away with two of the night’s biggest honours at the 2025 Waiata Māori Music Awards.

Makayla, fresh off opening for Six60’s Grassroots tour, nabbed Best Māori Female Solo Artist, while Haami — one-third of the beloved Tuari Brothers — claimed Best Māori Male Solo Artist. Last year, those titles went to Mohi and Anna Coddington.

The Tuari Brothers also scooped up Best Māori Group, adding another glittering trophy to the whānau’s shelf.

Auckland reggae ensemble Corrella, last year’s Best Māori Group, won Best Māori Urban Roots Reggae Album and Best Pop Album by a Māori Artist for their LP Skeletons.

Hip-hop artist Tipene, from Hawke’s Bay, was also celebrated for his fourth album Heritage Trail 2 – The Partnership. The project features a powerhouse mix of familiar voices — Troy Kingi, Jordyn with a Why — plus contributions from politicians Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Rawiri Waititi.

Ōpōtiki reggae/roots musician Hori Shaw picked up Radio Airplay Song of the Year by a Māori Artist, while the Emerging Artist Over 25 Award was shared by Shane Walker, Ngatainui Ratu, and Rawhitiroa.

Ahead of the ceremony, organisers announced that the late producer Wyn Anania would receive the Iconic Contribution to Music Industry Award.

“Wyn Anania’s exceptional contributions to the music industry exemplify his passion for Māori culture and his dedication to preserving te reo Māori,” a spokesperson for the Waiata Māori Music Awards Trust said.

Active since the late ’90s, Huata’s career took flight through her collaboration with Charles Te Ahukaramu Royal, whose album He Tohu Mauriora was the first Māori language music recorded digitally.

Since then, her work with artists like George Nepia III and Warren Maxwell has continued to leave its mark on Māori music and performance.

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November 14, 2025

Retirement village mulls banning electric cars, bikes – even wheelchairs

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The policy may extend as far as banning types of wheelchairs. PANCAKE PICTURES

Some residents at an Auckland retirement village want to put the brakes on a policy that would ban any more electric vehicles (EVs) within its gates.

Fairview Lifestyle Village in Albany said it was concerned about the risk an EV fire would pose to the busy community’s residents and homes.

While rare, EV fires can be more difficult to put out than petrol car fires and the village said it was unclear who was legally responsible for managing that risk.

The policy was still in mediation, and residents who already owned electric vehicles would be allowed to keep them, but they were not letting any new EVs into the gated North Shore community.

As well as cars, the policy extended to e-bikes, e-scooters and wheelchairs.

Retirement Village Residents Association chief executive Nigel Matthews told RNZ’s Checkpoint this was the first case concerning electric vehicles that he had seen.

While the issuing concerned some retirement residents, he said it was great that consultation was underway.

“We have been aware that this has been an ongoing discussion since early February, March of this year and, unfortunately, some of these processes take a while.”

Matthews said concerns about the risks of EVs had seemingly been increased via the media.

“There’s been obviously a tension in the media – as soon as there’s an EV that blows up or catches fire, it’s on the front page. [If] it’s a diesel or a petrol car, you won’t hear about it.”

He said the issue was complicated by policies being formed after people had already moved in with EVs.

“Prior to people moving in, no policy on this. However, there’s obviously – you know – discussion that has occurred, and now they’re wanting to put in a policy, which would ban charging in your own garage and obviously underneath in the car parking area of the apartment.

“I get it, but you know, if the council imposed a sudden policy change on me and said, ‘You can no longer charge your EV in your own personal garage’, we need to actually change that. I would then want to engage in consultation and I’d want there to be some sort of resolution.”

Despite the decision causing frustration for some, he said the retirement village had acted properly.

“The law’s pretty clear – if operators change something that’s going to have a material impact on you, then you must consult. These operators have done exactly that.”

There was currently no end in sight for that consultation.

“At some point, there’s going to have to be a resolution at the end and you’ve got some residents that clearly want to be able to continue to use their EV.

“It’ll be like telling someone who drives a Ford now, ‘You can no longer drive your Ford, but we’ve got some Holdens you might like’.”

Matthews said, if the village wanted to look at also banning things like electric bikes and wheelchairs, they would have taken a broader look at the issue.

“I’ve seen the YouTube clips where things have exploded – either ebikes and EV of some sort that are being charged and then just caught alight… but I’ve also seen it with cell phones.

“At what point do you actually stop and say, ‘We need to have a bigger holistic look at this and come up with some sensible parameters?'”

Fairview Lifestyle Village said its overriding concern and objective was the safety of its 300 residents, as well as staff, visitors and property.

It said, in New Zealand, the legal responsibility framework around the safe management of EVs in residential care settings was completely undefined, so it had to define its own safety parameters.

It said it had taken a measured approach in consulting on and developing a policy to address the current technology and set guidelines for future advancements.

Fairview Lifestyle Village said it anticipated debate, and welcomed ongoing robust conversation to ensure that the policy ultimately implemented was fit for purpose and put residents’ safety first.

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November 14, 2025

Cook Islands PM says economy remains strong despite NZ funding pause

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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will not attend the milestone event in Rarotonga, which will celebrate the Cook Islands’ six decades of self-governance in free association with NZ. RNZ Pacific

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told local media he had requested a meeting with New Zealand’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister regarding the funding pause, but was declined.

It comes as a second round of funding to the realm nation has been paused by Aotearoa, bringing the total funds held to nearly $30 million over two years.

Brown has declined an interview with RNZ Pacific.

In a written statement, a spokesperson for Brown said the government continues to engage in good faith with New Zealand and that discussions are ongoing, “so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time”.

However, speaking to Cook Islands Television (CITV) in Cook Islands Māori, Brown said he had received criticism for not meeting with New Zealand’s prime minister or foreign minister.

“I want to confirm to you all that I did send a letter to the prime minister of New Zealand and [New Zealand foreign minister] Winston to arrange a meeting between leaders, New Zealand’s leader and myself,” Brown, addressing Cook Islanders direclty, told CITV.

“I wanted to elevate these discussions to the prime minister’s level. But they sent their response, they wanted the discussions to be done between our officials.”

He said the Cook Islands was doing what New Zealand requested by leaving the meeting for officials to come up with solutions.

Uncertainty over what the problem is

The disagreement between the two governments stem from partnership agreements that Cook Islands signed with China at the beginning of the year.

The New Zealand government believed it should have been consulted over the agreements, while Brown disagreed.

Brown told CITV the agreements signed with China are “all over and done with”, and New Zealand has had an in-depth look at them.

“There is a part of the document we signed that [New Zealand] say they have a problem with but they have not been able to confirm with us what exactly it is that they have a problem with.”

Kiwis ‘running’ to Oz, Cook Islands economy ‘all good’

Brown said his government is able to cover the amount that New Zealand has put on pause because of a strong economy, driven by the tourism sector.

He said the money New Zealand had paused would normally be disbursed to education and health.

“Looking to New Zealand, they are having issues with the state of their economy, it’s going backwards, the people are running away from New Zealand for Australia to find better opportunities.

“But our status however, it’s all good, hence we were able to afford to cover the amount of money that we did not receive from New Zealand.”

Relationship between to nations ‘not like it was back in the day’

Brown said the relationship with New Zealand had evolved.

“For our relationship today, it is not like it was back in the day where New Zealand was like a parent, and we were the child,” Brown said.

“We have reached 60 years of self-governance; we are our own people, we have our own land, we have our own ocean, our own being, our relationship now is the relationship between friends, not of a parent and child.”

Brown said he wanted the friendship to grow and not go backwards – where New Zealand spoke for the country on the world stage.

“The younger generations and their young ones, they are able to fulfill roles that were once held by westerners or New Zealand… they can fly our flag, be our voice, out there in the world.”

But Brown said he did not want to change the free-association relationship between the two countries, which he has always maintained. It comes after several calls from New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters for Brown to hold an independence referendum.

“When looking at the state of this relationship, what we are pushing firmly for is that this relationship continues, and is strengthened, continuing on into the future,” Brown said.

Peters’ response

A spokesperson for Peters said they had nothing further to add to a statement issued last week.

Part of it said there had been a series of constructive discussions between New Zealand and Cook Islands officials aimed at remediating the breach of trust.

“However, Prime Minister Mark Brown continues in his public statements and actions to promote a vision of the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship which is inconsistent with the free association model,” the statement said.

“He appears to wish for the Cook Islands to reap all the benefits of the free association relationship while being subject to none of the mutual responsibilities.”

A spokesperson for Brown in a statement told RNZ the Cook Islands remain committed to the relationship of free association with New Zealand.

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November 14, 2025

One person in critical condition after 4WD rolls in Far North

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Tokerau Beach. Supplied / Alina Jones

A four-wheel drive has rolled on Tokerau Beach in the Far North, leaving at least one person with critical injuries.

Emergency services were called to the beach at about 7.30pm Friday.

Fire and Emergency said its crews were still working to free one person from the wreck.

St John said two ambulances and two helicopters were at the scene, one patient in a critical condition and another in a serious condition.

More to come…

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November 14, 2025

Family violence unit unaware man dated, then stalked, harassed Christchurch murder victim

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A specialist multi-agency family violence unit was unaware a man had been in a relationship with a woman he harassed and stalked, making nearly 600 calls to her in two weeks, before fatally stabbing her 55 times.

Corrections had asked police to check the suitability of the woman’s address for the man to live at.

On Thursday, Nathan Boulter – who had a long history of stalking and assaulting ex-partners – pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Parklands, Christchurch, on 23 July.

The woman had been in a brief relationship with Boulter. After she ended it, he harassed, stalked and threatened her, making nearly 600 calls in two weeks, before hiding outside her home, then stabbing her 55 times with a hunting knife, as she arrived home with her children.

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Court documents revealed Boulter and the victim had been in a brief relationship, which began in May. After Boulter was recalled to prison, the woman terminated the relationship and told him she did not want any further contact from him.

He was released from prison on 7 July.

Speaking to RNZ’s Checkpoint on Friday, Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill said, after Boulter was released, police were contacted by Corrections to check or verify the suitability of the victim’s address, which Boulter had listed.

Boulter was on release conditions at the time, which included not moving addresses without the written consent of his probation officer.

Hill said he understood police reported their view on that, and the woman had told either Corrections or police she was “not welcoming him back into the home”.

In 2016, the Integrated Safety Response (ISR) model was launched. According to the police website, the ISR is a multi-agency intervention, including police, Oranga Tamariki and Corrections, designed to ensure the immediate safety of victims and children and to work with perpetrators to prevent further violence.

“Key features of ISR include dedicated staff, funded specialist services for victims and perpetrators, daily risk assessment and triage, family safety plans, an electronic case management system and an intensive case management approach to collectively work with high risk families.”

Asked whether any risk assessment was done by the ISR team, Hill said the unit had not been notified that Boulter and the woman were in a relationship.

Hill said police would normally attend a family-harm event, do a report and it got entered into the safety response “virtual table”.

“Then all agencies report in what information they hold about the perpetrator and what information they hold about the victim, and then a risk assessment is done, the risk is determined and then the appropriate response is decided on.”

Police at the scene of the murder. RNZ / Adam Burns

Hill said, if the ISR had been involved, it “might have seen that there was some risk and a risk assessment done”.

“Of course, they can’t act if they don’t know.”

Asked if, given Boulter’s violent history and obsessive behaviour, the ISR should have been notified, Hill said it was “too early to tell”.

Hill said a Family Harm Death Review was underway to establish what information was shared and the information had been passed on to ISR.

“Naturally, you’d think that would be the right thing to do, but I think it’s really appropriate to let that run its course, before we jump to conclusions that, ‘Hey, this absolutely should have been done’.

“I’d like all these facts and info in any cases of this nature to be before them, so we can do that decision-making, and I don’t know what the circumstances or what prevented that from happening on this case.”

Asked if he believed Corrections should have notified the ISR team, Hill said he was unable to comment.

“I don’t know what information they had in front of them.”

Hill was unsure if the woman was warned by police about Boulter’s criminal history.

“I understand that our team were aware that, if you checked him online, you could find other information. It was pretty evident from the conversation that was had with her, not by police, that she was aware of his background to some degree.

“I’m not sure exactly what.”

Court documents said Boulter “developed an unhealthy fixation with the victim”.

“Once released, the defendant began a significant electronic harassment of the victim, by making 581 calls to the victim between 7 July, 2025, and 20 July, 2025, which she tried to ignore.

“In response, the victim made zero calls.”

Boulter used different cellphone numbers and social media profiles to harass, stalk and threaten the woman.

On 14 July, he sent several email messages to the woman, threatening to “chop u down to nothing” and “one two guess who’s coming to you! Your lack of human compassion and empathy will be the death of you one day soon my Lil hoe! Xxx”.

The woman began locking her front gate with a padlock to keep herself safe. She also told her friends and family of Boulter’s threats.

‘Give us the opportunity to come and help you’

Hill said police were not notified of the harassment.

“That’s probably in my mind, that’s key to this is that, while she had told family members and friends that she had reported this, she hadn’t reported anything about the online abuse that she had suffered from him.

“I think it’s really key to this is that, if you know family members are being subjected to this or you are yourself, you really need to complain to us about that, and give us the opportunity to come and help you.”

Hill said what happened was a “horrible tragedy”.

“All family-harm homicides are arguably preventable in some way and that’s what we really want to do – make sure that, if there’s a part of this that we’ve got wrong, we need to own that and make sure that we do everything in our power to prevent that from ever happening again.”

Release conditions

Corrections director of communities, partnerships and pathways David Roberts told RNZ Boulter was subject to release conditions at the time of the murder

“When he was released, we worked with police in a multi-agency group to monitor his risk and his compliance with his conditions.”

Following the murder, Corrections commissioned a review into Boulter’s management.

“Part of this includes how Corrections communicated and worked with relevant agencies, including police. This review is nearing completion.

“Once it is complete, we will be reaching out to the family of the woman to offer them the opportunity to meet with us and discuss the findings of the review. We believe providing this information to them first is the right thing to do.”

Corrections chief victims advisor Ruth Money. RNZ / Niva Chittock

Chief victims advisor Ruth Money earlier called the woman’s death “one more example of preventable tragedy”.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it – I just do not believe that we have the system right for our highest-risk and our highest-threat prisoners and offenders.”

Money said she understood reviews were underway by police, Corrections and other agencies. She would look at each of the reviews individually, but also from a systemic lens.

“How did it work, or not? How should it have?

“Do we have the right provisions in the system to do this better and we just simply didn’t? Why not?

“Do we need to change the system somehow to make sure that this doesn’t happen again?”

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November 14, 2025

Family violence unit unaware of man who stalked, harassed, then murdered ex-girlfriend