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According to the Minister,
this will provide us with a new source of electricity.
We now turn to the complaint made by James Gillespie
of Tuhoe and Taranaki.
He says his complaint to the Independent Police Conduct
Authority has been ignored with regards to an assault on him
by the Rotorua Police in 2009.
According to James Gillespie,
ever since he was arrested for resisting arrest in 2009,
he has suffered excruciating and ongoing pain to his wrist.
This report by his doctor outlines the many injuries suffered by James
allegedly at the time of his arrest,
but the one that has continued to give him problems
was caused by handcuffs biting in to one of his wrists.
The communications person at the Independent Police Conduct Authority
explained to us that this complaint had been investigated by that office
but because it is bound by legislation
they could not give us the outcome of that inquiry
only that the case was closed in October last year.
Something James would have to deal with
but at this time he is homebound with his family.
Only time will tell.
Hinerangi Goodman Te Karere.