Kiwi Mark Bishell charged after meth-filled yacht seized off Aussie coast
The New Zealander arrested in a dramatic drug bust after a yacht carrying over 1000kg of methamphetamine was intercepted off the NSW coast can now be named. He is 33-year-old Mark Robert Andrew...
View ArticleDavid Tamihere's murder convictions will be heard by Court of Appeal again
David Tamihere's double-murder case is heading back to the Court of Appeal, Justice Minister Andrew Little says. This follows acceptance by the Governor General of advice from Little last year on a...
View ArticleEpsom brothel homicide: Police charge man with murder
Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a 30-year-old man at an Auckland brothel. Police were called to the gentleman's club in Epsom in the early hours of March 10 and a homicide...
View Article100 cars stolen from South Auckland car rental company Jucy
Police are investigating a major break-in at a South Auckland car rental yard where almost 100 vehicles were stolen on Friday night. Inspector Matt Srhoj, Counties Manukau West Area Commander, told the...
View ArticleRental car heist: 50 Jucy cars recovered, 112 stolen, 14 people arrested
Police have found 50 of the 112 vehicles stolen from Jucy Rentals in South Auckland. The stolen vehicles were Holden Captivas, Mazda 3s or Suzuki Swifts that were unbranded, making them not easily...
View ArticlePolice officer Jamie Foster jailed for six years for raping colleague at...
A police officer who raped a colleague at a Northland motel has been jailed for six years. Jamie Foster was sentenced this afternoon in the Auckland District Court. The 29-year-old's two week trial...
View ArticleKiwi mum jailed for 'sadistic' abuse of 9 kids has prison sentence quashed
A Kiwi mum accused of abusing and starving her nine children for nearly two decades to atone for their "sins" has seen her prison sentence quashed. The 52-year-old was jailed for four years in November...
View ArticleThird person arrested in connection to Angela Blackmoore's murder
A former debt collector has been arrested by police investigating the Angela Blackmoore murder cold case and believe he arranged her killing. A 47-year-old from Wanaka is the third person to be charged...
View ArticleHawke's Bay man charged in relation to death of baby
A 27-year-old Hawke's Bay man has been charged in relation to the death of a seven-month-old girl in Central Hawke's Bay seven months ago. A charge of grievous bodily harm follows a lengthy...
View ArticlePolice Commissioner Andrew Coster says Police will be careful in exercising...
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says his frontline staff will use common sense and discretion when using what he described as the "remarkable" powers granted to police to enforce Covid-19 health...
View ArticleHawke's Bay meth bust: Sixteen arrested, $1 million in assets seized
Sixteen people have been arrested and approximately $1,000,000 in assets has been seized following the execution of search warrants across Hawke's Bay this morning.Police said the search warrants...
View ArticleDesert Rd homicide: Duo appear in court, detectives expect to make more arrests
- text by Sam Hurley and Jared Savage Two men accused of murdering a man who was missing for three years before his body was found in a shallow grave near the Desert Rd have appeared in court. A...
View ArticleWest Auckland death: Two charged with murder
Two people have been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman in Auckland's Henderson. Detective Inspector Aaron Proctor of Waitemata Police said the two men, aged 51 and 58, had...
View Article'Scared for my life': Whanganui woman viciously beaten in street
Warning: This article contains distressing and graphic content A Whanganui woman who says she was brutally assaulted in an unprovoked street attack is now "scared for her life". Vicky Firth, 52,...
View ArticleAuckland death: CCTV footage shows body dragged from backseat of car, shop...
The owner of a shop says CCTV footage from his business shows two people dragging the body of a man from the backseat of a car this morning in Grafton, Auckland. Police have confirmed a man died this...
View ArticleRevealed: Auckland victim was the Mongrel Mob chapter in Taneatua
Police are trawling through hours and hours of security camera footage to piece together the circumstances which led to a fatal shooting in Auckland on Monday. Detectives are looking for a...
View Article$18.7m cigarette smuggling case described as 'unprecedented large scale tax...
An Auckland businessman has been jailed for what has been described as "unprecedented large-scale tax evasion" after he and his company avoided $18.73 million in state payments by smuggling nearly 20...
View ArticlePolice won’t keep Armed Response Teams following their months-long trial
The police have decided not to keep Armed Response Teams - saying they "do not align with the style of policing that New Zealanders expect". Police Commissioner Andrew Coster made the announcement this...
View ArticleChildren tried to stop man viciously beating partner to death with paving stone
WARNING: Distressing content - violence As Rueben Paul Peeni repeatedly bashed his former partner with a 7kg paving stone, two children desperately tried to save Crystal Lee Selwyn's life. But one...
View ArticleAccused gunman pleads not guilty to murdering Constable Matthew Hunt
The man and woman charged in relation to the slaying of Constable Matthew Hunt in a West Auckland street last month have appeared in court together for the first time - and have both retained name...
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