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Vicky Wiblin said it was a "very special experience" to witness six orca, including a calf, swimming in formation.
Officers were called to a property on Holly Street shortly after 1.30am, where they found a deceased woman inside.
Officers conducting an unrelated visit to an address on Suffolk Rd, Stoke around 8pm last night became aware of a deceased person at that location.
Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on Butchers Rd shortly after midnight.
Police were called to a bus stop on Cockayne Rd at around 12pm on January 9 after a man was seen holding a bladed object, damaging a bus shelter and threatening a woman who had a small child with her.
Paula Southgate, who was first elected mayor in 2019, said in a press release that she wanted a better work-life balance and that her focus would be on her family.
Police responded to the incident in Mount Wellington at about 3.45pm.
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