Palmerston pensioners at war: Tiny town torn apart by 'toxic' dispute
Beneath Palmerston's tranquil exterior, tensions between rival groups of pensioners have been bubbling, ultimately spilling over into a bitter court case. Rob Kidd traces the origins of the discord....
View ArticleManu Vatuvei reveals drug charges after long-running suppression fight
Rugby league legend Manu Vatuvei has revealed he is facing charges for importing, possessing and supplying methamphetamine. He has denied the charges, which carry a maximum penalty of life...
View ArticleManu Vatuvei facing methamphetamine charges: 18-month legal fight to keep his...
With one Instagram post Manu Vatuvei brought to an end an 18-month long legal battle to keep his name secret. Since charges of importing, possessing and supplying methamphetamine were laid against...
View ArticleElderly woman killed by truck that had a tablet obscuring the driver's view
A crash that claimed the life of an elderly woman may have been caused by a tablet on the windscreen that blocked the view of the truck driver. Auckland woman Valerie Stewart was struck by the truck...
View ArticleKiller who bashed Auckland baby to death lied to grieving partner, claimed...
An Auckland mother whose partner bashed their baby to death says she cannot forgive herself but hopes her baby gazes down on her from heaven with pride one day. The child's mother addressed the High...
View ArticleThe $250m meth haul: Importers jailed over 469kg consignment smuggled via...
One travelled from a faraway continent hoping to pay off debts belonging to his girlfriend's dad. Another was promised $50,000 to help deliver what turned out to be an estimated quarter-billion dollar...
View ArticleMan arrested following Sofitel Hotel shooting in Auckland
A man wanted in relation to the Sofitel Hotel shooting in Auckland last month has been arrested. The man was arrested by Armed Offenders Squad members at a rural property near Kerikeri. The 27-year-old...
View ArticleRed Fox Tavern murder: Two men jailed for life, 33 years after Christopher...
The widow of slain Red Fox Tavern publican Christopher Bush has welcomed a "sense of relief and justice" after the two culprits were jailed. Mark Joseph Hoggart, and a second man with name suppression,...
View ArticlePolice release photos of duck shooters after women suffer shotgun injuries
Police have released photographs of two men they want to speak to after a shooting incident in Alexandra last weekend. Two women received minor shotgun pellet injuries while walking along a track...
View ArticleWest Auckland supermarket fire treated as arson and possible TikTok prank...
A fire that broke out at a West Auckland supermarket is being treated as arson - and it is thought it may have been part of a global social media craze. A staff member at the Countdown Henderson spoke...
View Article2,000-year-old marble head of Rome's first emperor discovered
A 2,000-year-old marble head of Augustus, Rome's first emperor, has been discovered in Isernia, an Italian town in the south central region of Molise. Archaeologist Francesco Giancola made the...
View ArticleChristchurch man Joseph McGirr jailed over US polo star spa death at mansion...
A Christchurch engineer jailed for hiding the clothes of a US polo star after she died at his hillside mansion has had his bid to transfer his sentence to a rehab unit approved. Lauren Biddle died...
View ArticleDriver with 'Tino Rangatiratanga' number plate arrested in Hastings
A man found driving around Hastings with a set of fake licence plates linked to a sovereignty movement, was arrested for failing to comply with police on Friday morning. Police stopped a car with fake...
View ArticleMan charged in plot to import cocaine from Mexico worked at Tauranga port
An alleged "inside man" at Tauranga's port has been arrested as part of what police say is a plot to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into New Zealand. Eight...
View ArticleTeens steal 100 Mazdas in social media challenge, police believe
By Robin Martin for RNZ Police suspect social media challenges are driving a spate of Mazda thefts in Taranaki. A group of 30 teenagers - some as young as 13 - are believed to be responsible for...
View ArticleCar speed broke Māngere Bridge murder victim's body 'head to toe', court hears
"No relationship break-up justifies what the defendant did," a jury has been told at the trial of a man accused of stabbing his ex-wife and hitting two others with his car, one fatally. Crown...
View ArticleArrest after boiling water thrown in Dunedin police officer's face
A Dunedin police officer was taken to hospital after boiling water was thrown at her face while on duty last night. Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said the female officer was attending a...
View ArticleMāngere Bridge trial: Man found guilty of manslaughter, attempted murder of...
Soafa Niumagumagu has been found guilty of attempting to murder his ex-wife Puapuaga Matamua by stabbing her multiple times outside her workplace after she left him for another man. He could be heard...
View ArticleWomen shot by duck hunters: Man charged with careless use of firearm after...
A man has been arrested after a duck shooting incident which left two women injured. A 26-year-old Central Otago man has been charged with careless use of a firearm causing bodily injury. He is...
View ArticleNinety Mile Beach meth megabust: Jailed woman says drugs already 'imported'...
The gigantic Ninety Mile Beach meth stash was already "imported" by the time Selaima Fakaosilea got involved. That's what Fakaosilea's lawyer Greg Bradford told the Court of Appeal today, as his client...
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