Police watchdog prompted by McSkimming scandal unfunded, faces delays
The introduction of a new police watchdog, aimed at building back trust after the Jevon McSkimming scandal, has been pushed back with the law-and-order portion of Budget 2026 “heavily over-subscribed”.
View ArticleFormer security guard Tiare Bishop sentenced for extorting Pak’nSave...
An immigrant accused by security guards of shoplifting at a supermarket was afraid of breaking New Zealand laws, so handed them several hundred dollars in cash when they asked.
View ArticleAuckland Senior Sergeant Matthew Rogers seeks no conviction for accessing...
The behaviour of a police officer who accessed child sexual abuse material on his work phone on duty is much less serious than the Jevon McSkimming case, his lawyer says.
View ArticleVavatau Bing sentenced for South Auckland nitrous oxide crash killing...
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View ArticleJudge recommends book on victim-blaming while sentencing Ryan De Souza to...
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View ArticleCrown won’t seek David Tamihere retrial for 1990 murders of Swedish...
The Crown has announced this morning that it won’t be seeking a re-trial for David Tamihere, who until recently was one of the nation’s highest-profile double-murder convicts.
View ArticlePhillip Beale makes sudden plea at trial over mother Joan Beale’s Papatoetoe...
Initially, Phillip Beale tried to say he was having a “mental breakdown” and couldn’t remember the prolonged beating that killed his 84-year-old mother.
View ArticleAuckland police chase: Driver Daniel Davies endangered child passengers
A former school board trustee and youth rugby league volunteer has blamed drug-induced psychosis for a wild police chase while three children were trapped as passengers in his car.
View ArticleJoel Duzevich sentenced for shoplifting from five Auckland stores, possessing...
On paper, it might look like a 50-year-old repeat shoplifter, living between prison and the streets, stealing bulk resellable items with a meth pipe in his pocket, was stealing to feed his addiction.
View ArticleTeens accept responsibility for crash that left Manawatū cop critically injured
The teenagers charged after an August crash left a young policeman fighting for his life have taken responsibility for the offending, but on reduced charges.
View ArticleTakanini house damaged after tenants turn family home into cannabis farm...
The owners of a South Auckland property that was unwittingly rented out to tenants linked to Vietnamese organised crime say their family home for 20 years has been left significantly damaged.
View ArticleBeau Aindow jailed for attack in Nelson home after watching Hitler, Darth...
An afternoon drinking and watching videos about Hitler and Darth Vader sparked a violent outburst from a man with a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality.
View ArticlePelikani Taukei’aho and Tauave Sue trial: Witness describes how guns were...
A woman in a ute at the time of a fatal shooting has described how she tried to find where the victim had been shot to stop the bleeding.
View ArticleThe Helicopter Line ordered to forfeit two $1m helicopters over crayfish...
Luxury helicopter trips to gather crayfish for a high-end dining experience have cost a Queenstown company two aircraft worth more than $1 million each.
View ArticleJarrod Bennett stole $2700 ring to propose before returning it to Nelson...
A burglar who stole a $2700 ring from a main street jewellery store was sorry to upset the retail assistant, but his motives were driven by love.
View ArticlePanel returns verdict in Devonport Court Martial for Navy officer accused of...
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View ArticleNelson court: Parolee Peter Coulsen jailed again after meth crash blamed on...
A man with a 44-year conviction history was on parole when he used methamphetamine, drove, and crashed.
View ArticleLok Li double murder trial: Pathologists outline how Auckland couple died
DNA swabs collected by police after the killings of an Auckland couple during a middle-of-the-night home invasion helped authorities cement already strong suspicions about who was there that night.
View ArticleAuckland Crips gang trio Lasalosi Vaitohi, Ethan Jessop, Daziea Huia guilty...
After five years and three trials, three South Auckland-based Crips gang members have been convicted of killing a 75-year-old rugby league stalwart with a single shotgun blast outside his home.
View ArticleKaikohe man jailed nine years for rape, bat attack and family violence
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