Caught out in the cold
Update on current events from Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka's Maori Agent: I noticed my phone battery had gone flat at 10:32 at night on 30th May 2016 and upon charging it I discovered a message from Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka as follows: "I've been stopped by the Police @ National Park and have had my keys take off me by a policewoman who said she knew that I had bad record for beating up on women. I am staying in the car for the night." Shortly followed by another message: "Think I can do with some help PRONTO!" I immediately tried to ring him, but soon realised that his phone also was not working, and that if he was indeed stranded in his car with no keys he would be unable to charge his phone, or heat the car, among other things, and that given his age and his health and the fact that it was the middle of winter and National Park is noted for freezing winter temperatures, there was cause for serious concern. I rang the Police communications centre on *555 to enq...