Teen makes miracle recovery from life-threatening e-skateboard crash

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Taranaki Daily News Banner]( 13 November 2020 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Taranaki Daily News stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Teen makes miracle recovery from life-threatening e-skateboard crash]( Paul Short was testing the speeds of his homemade e-skateboard when he crashed. The passerby who found him unconscious in the road thought he was a golf bag at first. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Structures torn down at Taranaki property after long-standing Māori land dispute]( Almost a decade after being told by the courts to remove their property from a piece of land, a former New Plymouth mayoral candidate and her whānau have watched a digger pull it to the ground. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Taranaki homicide victim's name released]( Police have released the name of the 25-year-old man who died after an altercation with a family member in Taranaki last week. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Jacindamania hits Taranaki for a day as PM visits]( Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to Taranaki started with a hug and offer of a cuppa tea from her Aunty Maree - but what followed was far from relaxing. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Gun-toting gang member told victim how a hit could be carried out court hears]( A pistol-toting gang member told a woman there was a hit out on her and then detailed how her body could be disposed of, a court was told. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( ['Silly old buggers and their boats' take Seagulls to Waitara River]( There was smoke and spray and many a story of past exploits when Seagull enthusiasts came together on the Waitara River. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Former Taranaki menswear retailer Bob O'Dowda was a keen rugby man]( Bob O'Dowda was a Tukapa man through and through. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [It'll be 13 years before Australian Giant Spear Lily at Mōkau flowers again]( A New Plymouth couple have stumbled upon a flower that only blooms every 13 years at their Mōkau bach. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19 brings halt to multimillion-dollar Stratford development]( Multiple buildings had been demolished and plans were progressing for a multimillion-dollar development in central Taranaki – then Covid-19 hit. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Veteran firefighter hangs up helmet after 53 years and is now devoting time to his own musuem]( You'd think that after 53 years fighting fires Dennis Alexander would have had enough of the heat. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](