Christchurch fatal assault: Boy, 16, charged with murder
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder in relation to the death of an 18-year-old teenager. The 16-year-old is due to appear Christchurch District Court today. No one else is being sought in...
View ArticleCovid 19 Delta outbreak: Man arrested after pulling knife over vaccine pass...
A man armed with a knife became violent at a Dunedin bar over not having a Covid-19 vaccine pass, police say. Police were called after the man got into an argument at The Bog in George St about 8.35pm...
View ArticleWinton shooting: 19-year-old charged with attempted murder
A 19-year-old accused of shooting a man in Winton has been charged with attempted murder. The man, who has interim name suppression, appeared at the Invercargill District Court this morning. He did not...
View ArticleThe quiet new criminal masterminds: Police boss warns of different breed...
A different breed of organised criminal is behind vast quantities of drugs pouring into the country, the Police Commissioner says. Although the archetypal New Zealand crook might be a patched gang...
View ArticleCountdown Dunedin stabbings: Man pleads guilty to attempted murder
The man behind the Dunedin supermarket stabbings has pleaded guilty to the frenzied attack and can finally be unmasked. Luke James Lambert, 42, appeared in the High Court at Dunedin this morning, by...
View ArticleDeath in a recliner chair: Malia Li sentenced to prison for manslaughter
A former health care worker whose husband died fused to a recliner chair with sores all over his body has been sentenced to five years and seven months in prison. Malia Li, 53, has been incarcerated...
View ArticleAuckland drug ring bust: Baggage handlers, gang members charged, millions in...
A further 14 baggage handlers, gang members and associates have been arrested as part of a major crackdown on an alleged drug smuggling ring operating out of Auckland Airport and Ports of Auckland. A...
View ArticlePolice and drug agency issue strong warning after new drug detected in Dunedin
Police are warning partygoers about a new drug which was been detected in the country for the first time. Synthetic cathinone dimethylpentylone is a new substance a which is reportedly being sold as...
View ArticleMongrel Mob leader's son on the run after escape from Christchurch hospital
A son of a Mongrel Mob Aotearoa boss who was shot twice during a drug-related stand-off is being hunted by police after escaping Department of Corrections staff while in hospital. Fairmont Joseph...
View ArticleThird strike: Repeat prison murderer avoids sentence of life without parole
A longtime prisoner who has participated in the murders of two fellow inmates - as well as stabbing a third man over 40 times during a failed hit at the nation's highest security prison - has been...
View ArticlePair in court after gun-wielding man interrupts Hamilton police during...
Two people have been charged after an incident in Hamilton yesterday where a man threatened police with a pistol as he helped a woman escape arrest. At about 3.30am yesterday police stopped a car on...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to molesting 5-year-old girl but only after she was forced...
WARNING: Graphic content When John Ronald Perry was jailed in 2016 for having sex with a 15-year-old, the victim's mother said he was "definitely a predator". This week her words rang true again....
View ArticlePolice killer Eli Epiha sentenced to life in prison, with minimum non-parole...
Police killer Eli Epiha has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum period of 27 years. After a months-long delay, Epiha was sentenced today for the June 2020 fatal shooting of Constable...
View ArticleEpsom brothel murder: Manager who bashed man to death with wooden pole sentenced
WARNING: Graphic content The mother of a man brutally murdered at an Auckland brothel said his killer valued carpet more than her son's life, before his sentence was handed down today. Jiann-Hwa Maa,...
View ArticleFormer Napier councillor who overturned murder conviction headed back to court
A former Napier city councillor who spent time behind bars for the 2010 murder of his wife before successfully appealing the conviction is headed to court again — this time suing in Canada for the...
View ArticleNorthland woman who helped Auckland cop killer convicted and discharged for...
A Northlander who helped a police killer avoid arrest has admitted using methamphetamine in breach of prison-release conditions. Natalie Jane Bracken was jailed by the High Court in Auckland in...
View ArticleConnor Whitehead shooting: Man charged with murder can now be named after...
One of the men charged with murdering Christchurch schoolboy Connor Whitehead can now be named. He is Joshua David Craig Smith, a 36-year-old concrete worker from Burnside. His alleged co-offender...
View ArticleAuckland salon ransacked: Wheelie bins full of stolen items jammed into van
Owners of a family-run hair salon on Auckland's North Shore are distraught after thieves ransacked the interior, allegedly loaded up wheelie bins with stolen items and crammed them into a van. Black...
View ArticleSmashed glass and jewellery on road: Police investigating Takapuna jewellery...
Police are investigating a Takapuna jewellery store break-in where two people were seen smashing window glass and fleeing the scene while dropping jewels in their trail. At 3.30am today, police were...
View ArticleMillion-dollar drug busts: New Zealand-led combined task force's massive...
By RNZ A New Zealand-led task force caught $US26 million ($NZ38m) worth of illegal drugs in the Indian Ocean just last month. In July, the Royal New Zealand Navy for the first time took lead of the...
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