The high-profile man, who can’t be identified due to an interim suppression order, is on trial in the High Court at Rotorua.

The allegations include that the man put an unknown white powder into a woman’s mouth before raping her and on other occasions supplied women with illicit drugs including ecstasy and methamphetamine before raping them. Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald PodcastĪ leading figure in the New Zealand entertainment industry is standing trial on 25 sexual assault and drugs-related charges relating to nine complainants.Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills Podcast.The Resident Builder Podcast with Peter Wolfkamp.Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Podcast.Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave Podcast.Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons Podcast.It's currently 87 per cent complete, according to the company. to an LNG export facility in Kitimat, on B.C.'s North Coast. The pipeline is scheduled to carry natural gas fracked in northeastern B.C. They are scheduled to go on trial later this year, but their lawyer has filed a charter challenge, alleging 'systemic disregard for Indigenous rights and sovereignty.'Ĭoastal GasLink has signed benefit agreements with 20 band councils along the project's 670-kilometre route.īut Wet'suwet'en hereditary leadership who oppose the project say band councils do not have authority over land beyond reserve boundaries. In response, a 2019 court injunction barred protesters from preventing, impeding or restricting Coastal GasLink's pipeline construction.Ī dozen protesters, who call themselves land defenders and water protectors, have also been charged with criminal contempt for publicly defying the court order by blockading CGL. Coastal GasLink protesters sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal contempt.

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