Arrest over missing Korean backpacker's murder...

Arrest over missing Korean backpacker's murder...


An arrest has been made over the murder of Korean backpacker Jae Hyeon Kim, who went missing in 2003.

Kim was visiting New Zealand for a year's travel and adventure when he disappeared. Earlier this month police re-opened the case after tip-off led police to resume a search for him in scrubland just south of Westport.

A 28-year-old Nelson fisherman will appear in the Nelson District Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Police are seeking other people and further charges could be laid. They are also speaking with a 31-year-old former Westport man in relation to the inquiry.

Inquiry Head, Detective Inspector John Winter says although Kim's body hasn't been found, further searches could be carried out to find it.

Police believe he died between September 29 and October 22, 2003.

Birthdays, birthdays...

Birthdays, birthdays...

When you get to my age birthdays come a little too quickly. One closer to the last, perhaps?

I used to go out and celebrate, then later it was a family occasion to be shared with my wife and children.

Now its usually my favourite dish and the anticipated visit from some of my grandchildren, though one of our grandchildren has lived with us for many years, himself.

Even birthdays celebrations for the grandchildren have had to be re-organised as they have continued to increase - eleven with another well on the way.



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The new ECO light bulbs contain mercury - they cannot be safe

Which are safer, the old or the new light bulbs? The Government wants to ban the old ones, but it has just been reported that the new ECO bulbs contain mercury and should be handled carefully if broken. Wear gloves and don't vacuum up the pieces - use cellotape or a damp cloth to collect the pieces and put them in a box and dispose of them at a recycling centre.

I have been down to the supermarket and bought more of the old bulbs and disposed of the new ECO bulbs. Safety comes before electricity savings!

International environmentalists cannot decide - there are new concerns over mercury hazards which have split green activists on the switch to CFL's.

There is now a battle mounting: "Fluorescent v Incadescent" - Who will be the winner?

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