A cancer survivor seriously injured when he was hit by a piece of flying scrim while crossing a city footbridge is yet to receive an apology from Whangārei District Council or its contractor involved in the incident.
Peter and Barbara Greenhalgh said they’ve been “to hell and back” since Peter was injured in the freak accident, which neither the council or Whangārei Construction had taken responsibility or apologised for.
The couple were angry about what they believed was a lack of sympathy and support offered to them during a recent meeting with Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo and then-acting CEO Dominic Kula. They felt so badly treated by the pair that they had since formally complained about them to the ombudsman.
Barbara alleged Cocurullo and Kula tried to say it was nobody’s fault and that the couple were trying to “get money out of them”.