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As Stuff's Dunedin-based reporter, Hamish McNeilly has written about about students avoiding lockdown and heading south, the poisoning of an infant, the Highlanders partying and annoying their neighbours, and a controversial weight loss device.
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In the first issue of The Mish, Hamish revisited the death of Colin Bouwer, who poisoned his wife in Dunedin. He died in South Africa a year after being deported from New Zealand after serving a lengthy prison sentence.
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Missing tabby and white cat Phoenix
Lost cat Phoenix missing for 1 year and 5 months since 5th November 2023 from Cyril Crescent West Harbour spooked by midday fireworks - Reward given on his safe return home
If everyone could please share my post and spread the word to get my little tabby Phoenix home ❤️ you can take screenshot and repost.
If the public can still please check around Cyril Crescent, Luckens Road , Moire Road , Moire Park,. Elizabeth Drive, Midgley Road, Midgley Park, Bernleigh Terrace, Helena Street, Royal Road Massey and West Harbour area and Hobsonville Road, Clark Road, Wiseley Road Hobsonville area and all surrounding streets.
I did have a few possible leads they saw a cat they were pretty sure was him with a collar on very thin near Elizabeth Drive West Harbour and Wiseley Road West Harbour and Clark Road Hobsonville but couldn't get a photo.
Phoenix could be travelling between all these streets in a circuit running away knowing how timid he is. Please check with friends , family, neighbours you know around these areas and any security camera footage.
He will most likely hide under houses, in garden beds , bushes, under deck around back of peoples properties or at parks. If you see him please try get a photo or video do not approach him and I will track him down.
I know he's still alive out there, someone knows something. But the question is, he indoors as an indoor cat or only let out at certain times or is he still roaming the streets been fed and people think he's a stray.
The last time I saw him was in April 2024 at Cyril Crescent West Harbour before he ran away again before I could catch him.
Thanks everyone and feel free to send any photos, messages to me ❤️