Waikato DHB employee, friend avoid jail after $228K theft
A former Waikato DHB parking administrator and her friend spent more than $200,000 of public money on gambling and weekends away. But Ellen Beryl Warren, 46, and Tammy Marie McCarthy, 49, both...
View ArticleTaranaki District Health Board's management of a mental health inpatient...
A district court judge has slammed the Taranaki District Health Board's mental health service for its "mismanagement" of an inpatient, saying the man was released too early and innocent people were...
View ArticleBail refused again more than four years after arrest
A man arrested more than four years ago has been refused release on electronically monitored bail again, as he waits in custody for his trial – one of the longest waits in the criminal justice system...
View ArticleCovid 19 Delta outbreak: Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki's High Court...
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki's appeal against a judge's decision to remand him in custody will take place at the High Court in Auckland tomorrow - a day before his breach of bail hearing is...
View Article30 violence, sex charges over five years admitted
A 40-year-old man has admitted a series of 30 charges including sexual assaults on a girl, injuring a boy, and kidnapping, assaulting and injuring a woman. Riki Kake had been due to appear at a...
View ArticleWho killed Juliana? Police release more details after Colombian national...
Police are still hunting for clues after the suspicious death of a woman in her Christchurch home at the weekend. Juliana Cayena Bonilla Herrera, 37, was found dead at her home on Grove Rd in...
View ArticleCatlins campground manager jailed for smuggling and dealing meth
A Catlins camping ground manager who concealed $50,000 of methamphetamine inside his body on a flight into Dunedin has been jailed for three and a half years. Glenn Richard Maxwell's tactics to...
View ArticleRotorua company fined $27K for allowing pig effluent, carcasses to flow into...
Public Interest journalism - funded through NZ on Air A Rotorua farming company that allowed a number of pigs to roam free along a stream flowing into Lake Rotorua has been fined $27,000....
View Article'You were a tireless warrior': Family of slain Christchurch woman Juliana...
The family of Colombian woman Juliana Herrera have paid tribute to her days after she was allegedly murdered in her Christchurch home. The 37-year-old was found dead in her flat on Grove Rd,...
View ArticleLake Alice Hospital: Former lead psychiatrist and accused Dr Selwyn Leeks...
By RNZ A former lead psychiatrist at Lake Alice hospital - who was accused of torturing children at the facility in the 1970s - has died. Dr Selwyn Leeks was 92. Leeks was accused of using electric...
View ArticleReserved decision: High Court judge to decide in coming hours on Brian...
A High Court judge has reserved his decision on whether to allow Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki's bail denial appeal. Justice Paul Davison said he intended to release his decision this afternoon....
View ArticleBrian Tamaki walks free: Destiny Church leader wins appeal against being...
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has left Auckland's Mt Eden Corrections Facility after winning his appeal against being remanded in custody. He exited the prison about 5.30pm today and got into a...
View ArticleGroup of Wellington teens caught stealing dozens of cars for joyrides
A group of teenagers, most of whom don't have driver licences, have stolen dozens of cars for joyrides in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. Police have reported a recent spike in car thefts in the...
View ArticleMt Roskill homicide: Second man charged with murder of Brian James
A second man has been jointly charged with the murder of Brian James in Mt Roskill, two days before Christmas. He and another man, who earlier appeared in Hasting District Court, are also jointly...
View ArticleAuckland firearms incident: Man with serious head injury among three people...
Police are continuing investigations into an incident in Clendon Park that has put three people in hospital, including one with a serious head injury. A spokeswoman confirmed this morning that a man...
View ArticleWatch: Man who taunted Auckland homeless person apologies, explains actions...
A person who was involved in mocking, taunting and throwing food at a homeless man during a vile interaction has come out apologising, sort of, for his actions. Last week, a video showed the...
View ArticleTwo youths in custody following rampant Auckland to Hamilton dash in stolen car
Two people who allegedly rammed a police vehicle in Auckland before fleeing to Hamilton have been taken into custody. At around 11pm last night, Police were making enquiries in Ōtara in relation to a...
View ArticleNapier woman who hid her daughter's injuries behind face paint on flight jailed
Public Interest journalism, funded through NZ on Air A woman has been jailed for three years and two months after she punched her daughter, hit her in the head with a hammer, painted her face to hide...
View ArticleHomicide investigation launched after death of Invercargill baby
A baby rushed to hospital on Saturday with critical injuries has died in Starship Hospital. The four-month-old baby was taken to Invercargill Hospital on Saturday morning and later transferred to...
View ArticlePolice and Armed Offenders Squad search Wellington property
A large number of police have been seen conducting a search warrant in a quiet residential Wellington suburb. In a statement at 9.30am a police spokesperson confirmed officers were undertaking a...
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