Ivory trader to be sentenced
UPDATED 10.43AM: A Napier man has been fined $8000 for importing illegal ivory.Patrick Cooper has been sentenced this morning at Napier District Court, after admitting last
View Article'Arrogant' rampagers trash lifesavers tower
UPDATED 5.45pm: It's emerged the group of vandals who trashed a surf lifesavers tower at a beach west of Auckland last night, were finishing a night of crime.Initially thou
View ArticleNew Zealand men convicted in international child abuse sting
Three New Zealand men have been arrested and convicted following an international operation to identify individuals involved in the distribution of child abuse material on the internet.The
View ArticleAppeal for information after jogger attacked near Lincoln
A female jogger in Christchurch who was assaulted near Lincoln University early this month has laid a formal complaint.Police believe she was attacked on December 3 around 8.15pm, near the
View ArticleSchool manager admits $800,000 fraud
A former manager of a Waikato school has admitted defrauding it of nearly $800,000.However, the 40-year-old was granted interim name suppression when she appeared in the Hamilton District C
View ArticleDog shot repeatedly by home invader
UPDATED 10.28am: Police are investigating a home invasion in which a man threatened residents with a gun and shot their dog on Auckland's North Shore early this morning.It
View ArticleLiquor store worker disarms machete weilding robber
A man working at a liquor store in Putaruru cut his hand when he grabbed a machete off an intruder right before closing time last night.LISTEN ABOVE: Harsh Gupta speaks to Newstalk
View Article14 year old fails drink driving test
Police have caught a 14 year old drink driving in Masterton.More than a thousand motorists were stopped and breath tested at a checkpoint in the Wairarapa town last night, the teenager one
View ArticleMan sought by police after aggravated robbery
Auckland police want to locate and speak to 29-year-old John Fisiitalia from Onehunga in connection with an aggravated robbery on December 2.Fisiitalia is likely to be carrying a weapon and
View ArticleSerious assault on Naenae woman
Police are looking for a man after a 63-year-old woman was seriously assaulted in Naenae.The assault happened about 10pm on Monday night.Police say the victim has been treated for h
View ArticleAlexandra man charged after arson spate
A man has been arrested for arson over a series of fires, including one which destroyed a recycling depot in Central Otago.The 43-year-old Alexandra man was arrested yesterday and has been
View ArticlePolice investigating early morning Whangamata assault
Police are investigating an assault which happened in the early hours of Tuesday in Whangamata.Police said a 22-year-old man was punched, knocked to the ground and had personal items stolen
View ArticleCrackdown on unpaid traffic fines
More than 300 drivers have had their licences suspended under a government crackdown on more than half a billion dollars in unpaid traffic-related fines.Although total fines now owed by 485
View ArticleMan appears in court after New Year's Eve assault
A man has appeared in court after a New Year's Eve assault in Greymouth which has left another man in intensive care.The 59-year-old victim received serious head injuries and is now in a cr
View ArticleKaitaia homicide victim named
The man who died yesterday after being badly beaten in Kaitaia on New Year's Eve has been named as 35-year-old local, Lee Rata.Police are investigating what they believe was an unprovoked a
View ArticlePolice hunt for girls involved in Sylvia Park attack
Police are still looking for a gang of girls who attacked a shop worker in the carpark of Auckland's Sylvia Park shopping centre and stole her car.The woman was set upon about 8.15 yesterda
View ArticleMan rushed to hospital after Queen Street assault
A man was rushed to hospital after an assault on Queen St this morning.Police were called to the scene, outside Auckland's St James Theatre, at 5.30am.A spokesman said the victim wa
View ArticleMan charged with murder after Lee Rata death
Northland police have arrested and charged a Northland resident with murder after the fatal bashing of a man on New Years Eve.35 year-old Northland resident Lee Rata died in Whangarei Hospi
View ArticleSuspect sought after attempted Christchurch abduction
A description has been released of a man police want to speak to about an attempted abduction in Canterbury.Police say exactly one month ago a woman was approached at the Coes Ford near Lak
View ArticleFatal assault suspect joked about violence
A New Zealand man charged over a fatal assault on a Brisbane teenager at the weekend allegedly asked his mates "do you want to see something funny?" before he delivered the killer punch.Pol
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