Kiwi sports star fights to keep name secret in international drug conspiracy...
A prominent New Zealand sports star linked to an international drug importation and supply conspiracy is fighting to keep his name secret in the Court of Appeal. The sportsman had fought to keep his...
View ArticleEx police officer backs up fresh claims by witness they lied in Gail Maney's...
A former police officer says a key witness, whose testimony helped convict a woman of murder, told him at the time they had lied to detectives. Now Gail Maney hopes the new information will help put an...
View ArticleCops call on top brass to overhaul 'broken' physical competency test
Cops are calling for a rehaul of the police fitness test - saying the current model is "broken", biased, outdated and in some cases, harmful both physically and mentally. They say some staff are simply...
View ArticleNo arrests a year after Hamilton man show dead while protecting girlfriend
Tomorrow marks a year since Hamilton chef Robert Nelson was gunned as he tried to save his shot and wounded girlfriend's life - and police are still hunting those responsible. Nelson, 23, died in the...
View ArticleScott Guy homicide 'unresolved, inactive' case nine years on
Nine years today since the death of their son, Bryan and Joanne Guy prefer to remember the good times spent with their son Scott - rather than wonder if whoever's responsible for his murder will ever...
View ArticleLife imprisonment for man who used machete to kill Auckland church bell-ringer
An Auckland man who murdered a church bell-ringer with a machete just metres from the chapel has been jailed for life. He will serve a minimum non-parole period of 17 years in jail. Ueta Vea earlier...
View ArticleTeen charged over Christchurch mosque shootings video returned to custody
The youngest person charged over the Christchurch mosque shootings video has been returned to custody after allegedly breaching his bail conditions. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal...
View ArticlePolice release CCTV footage of violent Christchurch dairy robbery
Footage has emerged of the terrifying moment a masked gunman storms a Christchurch dairy and a worker bravely tries to fight him off. The owner has his back turned to the door when the masked man burst...
View ArticleWest Coast man appears in court after baby hospitalised with critical injuries
UPDATED 5:20pm A West Coast man broke down in tears as he was accused of the murder of a baby. The 10-month-old boy from Hokitika died shortly before midday after being airlifted to Christchurch...
View ArticleNorthland man who beat tourist unconscious on 'dream holiday' gets home...
A 19-year-old Northland man who dragged a Dutch tourist from a campervan and beat him unconscious and attacked his American girlfriend has been given nine months' home detention. Hamuera Tierney...
View ArticleMan charged with assaulting baby in Ponsonby Rd incident
A man has been charged with assaulting an 8-month-old baby following an incident last night in Ponsonby. The 42-year-old man appeared in the Auckland District Court today charged with a number of...
View ArticleFive arrests after gang brawl erupts in central Dunedin street
An eruption of gang violence in central Dunedin has resulted in five arrests, and a security guard was filmed kicking a man as he lay on the road. The security company whose guard was caught on camera...
View ArticleMt Maunganui man sentenced for throwing dog against wall
Warning: This article contains an image of an injury to an animal which some people may find upsetting. A Mount Maunganui man has been prosecuted by the SPCA after he threw a dog against a wall,...
View ArticleNelson baby hospitalised with non-accidental burns
Police are investigating how a 6-month-old baby girl sustained burn injuries - which they have described as non-accidental. The baby was admitted to Nelson Hospital on Friday evening. She was then...
View ArticleCulprit jailed for four years after three-month burglary spree
When police raided Benjamin Zachery Burgess's home in June last year they found more than 600 stolen items - and that was only part of his ill-gotten haul. The 29-year-old had spent the preceding three...
View ArticlePolice to seize $5m in cash, bling and sports cars from Auckland meth dealer
A drug-dealing Aucklander and his wife have been ordered to hand over more than $5m of assets - including luxury cars, $1.8m in cash, vintage French wines and a pile of Louis Vuitton and Chanel...
View ArticleElderly couple spend 40th anniversary in hospital after attack
An elderly couple have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in hospital after an 81-year-old was knocked to the ground by a stranger. Timothy Boydall was outside the St Heliers Library on June 30...
View ArticleBeloved pontoon pinched from Waiheke in broad daylight
Police are on the hunt for wily thieves who pinched an entire pontoon from the waters of Waiheke Island. The pontoon was stolen on June 10. Police said it was last seen being loaded onto a trailer at...
View ArticleMangawhai home invasion: Victim in bed, had 'no chance' against violent...
Police are investigating a brutal home invasion where a man in his 60s was beaten in his own bed with no way of defending himself against the violent offenders. The man, who the Herald has agreed not...
View ArticleMan arrested after allegedly lying about firearms being stolen
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged after allegedly making a false statement to police about his prohibited firearms being stolen. Last Thursday about 10pm, police received a report of a...
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