Marlborough flags to fly at half mast
Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming will be laid to rest on Thursday. Photo: Supplied.
The New Zealand flag will fly at half mast on public buildings in Marlborough this Thursday 16 January, in memory of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming.
Sergeant Fleming gave 38 years’ service to the Tasman Police District, which includes Marlborough, Kaikōura, Nelson, the Tasman District and the West Coast.
She was killed while on duty on New Year's Day.
A funeral service will be held this Thursday at 1pm at Nelson’s Trafalgar Centre and will be livestreamed at Nelson Cathedral.
Mayor Nadine Taylor will attend the service on behalf of the people of Marlborough, alongside Nelson Mayor Nick Smith and Tasman Mayor Tim King. Prime Minister the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon will also be in attendance.
At the request of the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, the New Zealand flag will fly at half-mast on all public buildings in New Zealand on Thursday. Public buildings in Marlborough include the council offices in Blenheim and Picton.
Police across New Zealand will observe a minute’s silence at 1pm on Wednesday 15 January in honour of Senior Sergeant Fleming.
The minute’s silence will mark 24 hours before Lyn is farewelled at a funeral service in Nelson with full Police honours.
Police staff across the country have been invited to pause and observe a minute’s silence wherever they are to remember the ultimate sacrifice
Police Districts and Service Centres are encouraged to mark the occasion as appropriate to them, as their way of acknowledging the loss of a colleague.