Judge 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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View ArticleAuckland socialite Millie Elder-Holmes fails in jurisdiction challenge over...
After becoming the first person in New Zealand to pay a $5000 fine for promoting overseas gambling, Kiwi socialite and online influencer Millie Elder-Holmes allegedly tried a new tactic three months...
View ArticleCanterbury farm shed confrontation leads to Jesse Johnson assault conviction...
A four-wheel-drive trip took a dramatic turn when a vehicle broke down in a riverbed and two men seeking help were met by a farmer carrying a rifle after a rabbit-shooting trip.
View ArticleStokes Valley arson trial: Henare Barber acquitted, Arden Neho and Reardon...
In November 2024, a block of Kāinga Ora flats in Lower Hutt was firebombed, killing an elderly man. Three members of the Mangu Kaha, an offshoot of Black Power, stood trial for murder and arson. This...
View ArticleLechuan Zhu and Yanan Tang jailed for importing 2.5m black market cigarettes
The day after Australian citizen Lechuan Zhu touched down in New Zealand, he set about building his black-market cigarette empire, importing and selling cheap, untaxed, unregulated smokes.
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