Christchurch mosque car bomb threats: Man who denies making threats loses...
A man who denies threatening to car bomb two Christchurch mosques on the March 15 terror attack anniversary has today lost his bid for continued name suppression. However, the 27-year-old man charged...
View ArticleMan accused of doctoring LIM report to sell own house now top Auckland real...
A man accused of deliberately falsifying a LIM report when selling his own home by deleting reference to major moisture defects is now a top Auckland real estate agent. The man has been charged with...
View ArticlePrisoner sparks Mt Eden fire and evacuation after tampering with electrical...
Prisoners and staff had to be evacuated from Mt Eden Corrections Facility last night after an inmate sparked a fire in their cell by tampering with an electrical socket. "Staff responded immediately to...
View ArticleSpike in dairy robberies linked to tobacco tax hikes, research shows
A link has been drawn between an overwhelming spike in dairy robberies targeting cigarettes and New Zealand's tobacco tax hikes. A paper published in the Safer Communities journal this month supports...
View ArticlePolice looking for Maserati in hit-and-run crash in Auckland
Police are hunting a luxury Maserati involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a motorcyclist unconscious and seriously injured. Authorities have issued a plea for any information after the...
View ArticleDunedin sex offender who installed hidden cameras in toilets deemed too...
A Dunedin child sex predator who installed hidden cameras in toilets has completed specialist treatment for his predilections. But despite the intensive therapy, Peter William Pearson (also known as...
View ArticleMan involved in fatal attack on MMA fighter Fau Vake sentenced
A man who admitted punching mixed martial arts fighter Lifau Tu'iha'aingana Vake, known as Fau Vake, and his brother in a fatal brawl has been sentenced to six months of home detention for each of two...
View ArticleSynthetic cannabis: Man, 29, arrested after two deaths in Taranaki
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in relation to batches of extremely dangerous synthetic cannabinoids in Taranaki. It comes after two people linked to using the synthetic drugs in the region died,...
View ArticleAccountant jailed for stealing $2m from boutique fashion company
When the owners of a boutique New Zealand clothing label hired an accountant to help with their profitable and expanding business they didn't expect $2 million to disappear. After several years they...
View ArticleRotorua and Hawke's Bay serial groper Jason Trembath released on parole again
Rotorua serial groper and former representative cricketer Jason Trembath has been released on parole on a "last chance" basis. Trembath, 32, was recalled back to prison after breaching his parole...
View ArticleAlfriston Rd murder: Chontel Wiki-O'Brien's killer a 'twisted, evil monster'
Chontel Wiki-O'Brien's young life was extinguished when her abuser was granted bail after a brutal assault and persuaded her to meet him. The remains of 23-year-old Wiki-O'Brien's body were found in a...
View ArticleChild poisoning case: Home detention ordered for mother whose toddler nearly...
A mother who was caught poisoning her son at Auckland City Hospital as medical staff scrambled to save the toddler's life has been sentenced to 11 months of home detention. The South Island resident,...
View ArticleCambridge woman and former partner jailed for horrific sexual abuses of young...
A Waikato woman and her former partner have received lengthy jail terms for a string of horrific sexual abuses of young children, including the rape of a child aged 3. Laken Maree Rose, 32, was...
View ArticleInfluencer trial: Rape accuser says he was 'manipulated, brainwashed' by...
A teen who was still in school when he says he was blackmailed and raped by a New Zealand social media influencer acknowledged under cross-examination that his texts with the man were flirtatious — and...
View ArticleFather of poisoned son hopes mother will never see child again
An Otago woman who poisoned her son with eye drops and nasal sprays while in hospital will never see the child again, the boy's father hopes. The woman, aged in her 30s, was yesterday sentenced before...
View ArticleMan jailed for 29 months for brutal beatings of former girlfriend
A Dunedin shearer who left his ex-girlfriend with a harrowing list of injuries, including 50 bruises, has been jailed for more than two years. Jordan Remus Boyes, 30, had been in a relationship with...
View ArticleShakespeare Tavern boss angry at Winz failure to reveal employee's criminal past
The owner of a historic Auckland pub is angry that Work and Income failed to disclose that an employee he recruited through the agency was a convicted fraudster. That staff member allegedly broke into...
View ArticleChristchurch party homicide: Zion Purukamu's family speak about 'extremely...
Police say they have a "clear" picture of what happened at a house in an upmarket Christchurch suburb in the moments before Zion Purukamu was fatally stabbed. The 16-year-old died after being injured...
View ArticleFormer Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority employees on trial in High Court
The trial of two former Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority employees charged over an alleged fraud involving a government-funded waste-to-energy plant on the West Coast began today. Gerard...
View ArticleChristchurch Airbnb party death: Youth arrested, charged with murder of...
One person has been arrested after the death of 16-year-old Zion Purukamu at a party in a rented Airbnb home in Christchurch on Friday night. A youth has been charged with murder and two counts of...
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