Man who made and spent fake $50 notes nabbed by an off-duty cop
With a range of different printers, stacks of paper, a roll of clear film, glue and bottles of dye, Nicholas Parker spent time perfecting his fake $50 notes. And for more than five weeks, he got away...
View ArticlePolice responding to incident in Mt Roskill, central Auckland
At least one person has suffered injuries in an incident at in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill. Police and emergency services are at the scene on May Rd. A spokeswoman confirmed police were called...
View ArticleMurder inquiry: Person shot dead in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland; armed police cordon...
Neighbours heard "hysterical screaming" and gunshots and police have launched a homicide inquiry after a person was killed on an Auckland street early today. Armed police are guarding cordons on Beatty...
View Article'Unprovoked attack': Man left unconscious, multiple others injured in Rotorua...
Footage of a vicious fight allegedly involving gang members and bystanders in Rotorua overnight shows people being thrown onto the road like rag dolls. A police investigation has been launched after a...
View ArticleFatal shooting and violent brawl as survey reveals gang fears
One person is dead and at least two others seriously injured after a shooting and a gang-related brawl in different parts of the country over the weekend. The violence comes as a new survey reveals...
View ArticleChristchurch neighbour dispute ended with man accused of murder
An off-duty barman playing loud late-night music became so agitated with a neighbour phoning noise control, and cutting power to his flat, that he took a knife, went next door, and stabbed him to...
View ArticleManslaughter trial: Woman left husband fused to La-Z-Boy chair with 'sores...
WARNING: Disturbing content A woman on trial for manslaughter is accused of leaving her elderly husband to die from untreated wounds so infected that his skin became fused with the La-Z-Boy chair where...
View ArticleChristchurch murder trial: Horrified partner recalls bloody scene
Warning: Graphic content The partner of a man stabbed during a noisy neighbour row has today described the horrifying moment she found him lying in a pool of blood with her "mad neighbour" over him,...
View ArticleManslaughter trial: Woman did not fail to protect her husband from injury -...
A woman whose husband allegedly died from infected sores all over his body, sitting in his own encrusted faecal matter and a maggot pupae in his hip, did not fail to take reasonable steps to prevent...
View ArticleThe Govt manager and the spy cam: Phillip Barnes loses name suppression
A porn-addicted Government manager who planted a spy camera in a gym bathroom has had his discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression overturned and can now be identified. He is Phillip...
View ArticleRemuera unexplained death: Pauline Hanna 'horrendously stressed' before...
The stepson of Remuera woman Pauline Hanna says she was "horrendously stressed" at the time of her death and the family is going through hell. And Ben Polkinghorne has revealed on social media that...
View ArticleManslaughter trial: Wife left immobile husband home alone without food,...
A man who suffered two strokes and could no longer walk or clean himself was left alone without food for hours in a house by his wife, his sole carer, a jury has heard. Malia Unalotokipea Li denies...
View ArticleAlleged Isis sympathiser found guilty of possessing objectionable hymns,...
WARNING: Graphic content A man accused of being an Islamic State sympathiser has been found guilty by a jury of possessing propaganda-style material for the terrorist organisation. However, he has been...
View ArticleProminent businessman jailed for two years and four months for assaults,...
A prominent businessman has been jailed but continues to vehemently deny indecently assaulting three people and later trying to bribe one of his victims. The wealthy Kiwi was found guilty by a High...
View ArticleŌtāhuhu murder: Alec Moala's father says his son went to help attacked woman,...
The father of Alec Junior Moala, who was shot dead on Sunday, says his son died after he went to help a woman who was being attacked. Naeata Moala says he is not angry and believes his son died for...
View ArticleFormer rep rugby player mailed meth in face masks around country during lockdown
A former representative rugby player mailed methamphetamine around the country hidden inside face masks during a Covid-19 lockdown, a court has heard. The defendant has pleaded guilty at the Dunedin...
View ArticlePolice searching for man over 'concerning' incident with child in Auckland
Police are urgently searching for a man involved in "suspicious behaviour" with a child in South Auckland. The man was seen exiting his vehicle outside Sutton Park School on Vine St, in Māngere, and...
View ArticleEpsom brothel murder: Man pleads guilty to 'brutal' slaying at Epsom...
A brothel manager has admitted murdering his colleague Zion Gutnik at Epsom's Club 574. Jiann-Hwa Maa, 61, was arrested after Gutnik was killed at the central Auckland establishment on March 9 last...
View ArticleProminent businessman asks Court of Appeal for bail after six nights behind bars
After spending six nights in prison a prominent and wealthy New Zealand businessman is again making another bid for bail pending an appeal of his convictions and sentence. The former rich-lister was...
View ArticlePrison murder trial: Gruesome stompings part of jail life, inmate tells jurors
An inmate accused of a frenzied, gang-related murder has given jurors a taste of barbaric conditions in New Zealand prisons. Lopeti Telefoni is one of three men who deny murdering Mongrel Mob prisoner...
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