Former Palmerston North shoe shop worker discharged without conviction for...
A former Palmerston North shoe store worker who shared inappropriate shoe-related images online has been discharged without conviction. Malachai Scott Roger Wylie, 23, was arrested in April and charged...
View ArticlePolice car ramming in downtown Auckland: Woman, 60, charged with assault,...
A 60-year-old woman is due to appear in court today after she allegedly rammed her car into a police vehicle in downtown Auckland. She is facing charges that include driving a motor vehicle in a...
View ArticleDocuments reveal the Government sold $30 million of seized criminal...
The Government is making tens of millions of dollars by selling cryptocurrency police have seized from criminals. Newstalk ZB can reveal the police have confiscated close to $32 million worth of crypto...
View ArticleName suppression lapses for senior Waikato Mongrel Mob leader Mark Griffiths...
A senior gang leader who has been outspoken about helping "broken people '' make positive changes in their lives has been charged with importing and distributing methamphetamine. Name suppression has...
View ArticleOverseas criminals released back in Kiwi communities after prison as Covid-19...
A Christchurch woman is fighting to keep her rapist behind bars until he can be deported - but he may be released on parole to live in the community while he waits for a flight home. The Herald can...
View ArticleWilliam James Sio jailed for murder of Rotorua 5-year-old son in emergency...
Warning: Distressing content Discipline turned to death for little Ferro-James Tiopira Sio - a 5-year-old who was severely beaten and murdered by his father while they stayed in emergency housing in...
View ArticleHundreds charged under New Zealand's Harmful Digital Communications Act
Five years after coming into force, more than 500 people have been charged criminally under the Harmful Digital Communications Act. And Netsafe chief executive Martin Cocker says it has received nearly...
View Article'Next level brutality': Prison for pair with graphic child exploitation videos
WARNING: This story contains descriptions of child exploitation and abuse and may be upsetting. Two Auckland men accused of having more than 20 hours of extreme child exploitation footage — described...
View ArticleMan, 23, arrested after police officer shot in shoulder, police car stolen
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a police officer being shot in the shoulder and arm in Hamilton. "The man was located at a Ngaruawahia address a short time ago," police say. They...
View ArticleBig jail sentences for Hawke's Bay gang veterans over killing of young father
Three long-time gang members from Hawke's Bay have been sentenced to jail terms of over 10 years for the killing of a fellow gang member, also from Hawke's Bay. The sentences were imposed when Mongrel...
View ArticleCriminals steal $45,000 in Bitcoin during police money-laundering operation
Police officers were hoodwinked by the criminals they were targeting and had $45,000 in Bitcoin stolen during a covert online police operation.The undercover online investigation was into money...
View ArticleAuckland's car thief vigilantes: 'I'm sick of what's happening in our...
There are no barriers between Mark Mana's front door and the Sandringham footpath. A humble expanse of tyre-torn grass rolls down from the white weatherboard house his wife and five kids sleep in, to...
View ArticleRevenge porn: Police won't charge man who uploaded sex tape without consent,...
Police will not charge a man who uploaded a sex tape and graphic images of a Christchurch woman to multiple pornography sites without her consent because they cannot prove he intended to cause her any...
View ArticleEli Epiha admits murdering Constable Matthew Hunt as Auckland trial begins
The man who gunned down Constable Matthew Hunt on a West Auckland street during a traffic stop has pleaded guilty to murder. Eli Bob Sauni Epiha, 25, was set to go to trial this week on three charges:...
View ArticleProsecutors share Constable Matthew Hunt's last moments as trial begins
Constable Ilya Kokine paused, his voice quavering, as he recounted for jurors being one of the first officers on the scene after co-worker Constable Matthew Hunt was shot dead last year. "I'm moving...
View ArticleEli Epiha trial: Prosecutors play audio of moment Constable Matthew Hunt was...
There was eerie silence among those packed into the Auckland High Court as a crash, screams and 14 thunderous blasts from a military-style semi-automatic rifle rang out — a CCTV recording of the moment...
View ArticleŌpōtiki murder accused acquitted of the charge but found guilty of manslaughter
The jury in an Ōpōtiki murder trial has found Harry Clements Matchitt not guilty of murdering 77-year-old Brian Hilton who died five years ago today. However, the jury instead found Matchitt, 54,...
View ArticleEli Epiha trial: Paramedics recall treatment of wounded officers, bystander
A paramedic who was among the first to help injured Constable David Goldfinch last year testified that she waited with him in the ambulance outside the hospital, then took him in a different entrance...
View ArticleAuckland police officer stands trial for string of family violence charges
Warning: Disturbing content A police officer accused of "inflicting violence and terror" on his family for years and making his ex-wife fear for her life is standing trial in Auckland. The Crown...
View ArticleKilled policeman Matthew Hunt denigrated in 'disgusting' TikTok page
An apparent supporter of the person who killed Constable Matthew Hunt is being investigated after uploading material about Eli Epiha, who has pleaded guilty to the officer's murder. In 10 videos...
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