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Don't blame the crane for a meth-addled death dive

Don't blame the crane for a meth-addled death dive

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Only in New Zealand could we seriously consider removing a historic crane from the Wellington waterfront because one meth addled man made the idiotic choice to climb it and leap off.

Jarreth Colquhoun, 33, was not a child. No one forced him to do anything. He was high on P, climbed the SS Hikitia, a century-old floating crane, and jumped into the harbour…

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