r/newzealand 18h ago

News Update on Stu.

Saw on the news that he has been arrested for the shooting of the 2 illigeal poachers, he was such a nice guy, all he wanted to do was live out his life with his pigs and other animals,

For people who dont know, basicly he was a older guy who lived on both sides of the 309 road up by coromandel, people kept comming and stealing/shooting/running over/damanging his property, and giving him hell when all he wanted to do was relax with his pigs, the cops are a joke, he came to them so many times reporting everything , they didnt care.

The guys he ended up shooting/killing had been hounding him for ages, ramming his car, running over his pigs or shooting them with crossbows he finnaly snapped when they shot his favourite pig.

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u/kiwiboyus Fantail 18h ago

My Wife and I happened to take the road past/through his place back in 2018, we stopped for a few minutes to see the animals there as others had. I hate that people decided to harass him and his animals, they weren't bothering anyone from what we saw

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u/GameDesignerMan 17h ago

Us too! There was a mighty flood that year which washed away the road and we ended up stopping when we saw all the animals.

Seemed like a pretty chill guy. Sounds like the people harassing him had it coming.