Covid-19 Omicron: Parliament anti-mandate protesters in court in Wellington
An anti-mandate protester will have his sanity assessed before his next court appearance. "I haven't had much sleep because I'm quite emotional," Matthew Brown, one of 122 people arrested and charged...
View ArticleDunedin rapist remains in jail as bail denied over abusive conduct
A gang member who raped a teenager in a library carpark will remain behind bars after abusive conduct towards staff and other prisoners. David Michael Witchall, 32, was jailed for more than nine years...
View ArticlePolice officer bashed, another person stabbed at gathering of 'anti-social...
A police officer was bashed from behind while making an arrest at what police have called a "large gathering of anti-social road users" just outside Palmerston North last night. Officers were called...
View ArticleAttack outside Auckland brothel: Innocent man injured. Nine months on, police...
An innocent man was the victim of an unprovoked attack he didn't see coming. Nine months on, police still hadn't assigned an officer to the case, writes Tom Dillane. The awful luck piled up in quick...
View ArticleThree overnight incidents under investigation after four people taken to...
Three people were taken to Auckland Hospital – one in a critical condition – as the result two Auckland CBD incidents overnight that appear to have happened simultaneously. Despite the timing, the...
View ArticleTrelise Cooper burglary: Florist admits to receiving stolen clothes
A florist has admitted to receiving some of the thousands of garments stolen from fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper's office in a major burglary. Nicholas James Bush was jailed earlier this month...
View ArticleRepeat drink driver: 'It doesn't matter, my lawyer will get me off'
When police pulled over a man with a history of drink driving, he told them it didn't matter if he was caught again because his lawyer would get him off any charges. "I like to drink. I've been doing...
View ArticleTrelise Cooper burglary: Florist Andrea Edwards admits receiving $137k in...
On a Friday morning in November 2020, two-and-a-half weeks after high-end fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper lost $750,000 worth of clothing in a brazen burglary of her headquarters, Andrea Nicole...
View ArticleNorthland woman who helped Matthew Hunt's killer no shows Kaitāia court
A Northland woman previously jailed for helping a police killer avoid arrest, and now facing a second breach of release conditions, has failed to show up at court. Natalie Jane Bracken, 31, was...
View ArticleMan charged with murder was stopped by police the night before fatal stabbing
Significant and ongoing failures in the way police handled missing person files have been highlighted in a Coronial inquest into the death of Glen Collins. Collins was repeatedly stabbed by David...
View ArticleMan charged with murder after woman found dead in New Plymouth home
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead at a property in New Plymouth this afternoon. In a statement, a police spokesperson said New Plymouth police launched a homicide...
View ArticleMan admits shining laser at rescue helicopter in Dunedin
A man has admitted shining a laser at a rescue helicopter as it transported a "seriously sick" patient over South Dunedin. Michael James Stirling (33) appeared in the Dunedin District Court today...
View ArticleOtago man in Extreme Risk Unit with mosque shooter
An Otago man who rammed a police car and chased an officer with an axe while yelling "Allahu Akbar" is being housed in a specialist prison unit with the Christchurch mosque shooter. Ruairi Kern Taylor...
View ArticleThreats from the dock in Christchurch courtroom outburst
A judge has pressed on with a pre-arranged 30-month jail sentence in spite of a man's outburst in court threatening the victims of his offending. Damien Hart had been given the sentencing indication...
View ArticleHidden camera case: Former government manager Philip Barnes re-sentenced in...
A former government manager who waged a lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful battle to keep his name secret after planting a spy camera in a gym changing room has been re-sentenced. Phillip Barnes...
View Article'Disrespectful for others': Mayor's push to ban gang insignia from headstones
Council officials in a provincial town beset with gang issues are pushing ahead with a bylaw change that would ban gang and other "offensive" insignia from headstones in its cemetery. But the proposed...
View ArticleTaranaki man strangles pregnant woman, causes placental bleed during ordeal
A self-described protector twice strangled a woman pregnant with his child, lifting her from the ground by her neck during an incident that saw her suffer a placental bleed. Stanley Sole, 46, and the...
View ArticleHomicide probe after man injured in serious assault dies in Waikato Hospital
A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a 57-year-old man in Waikato Hospital. Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson say the injured man was admitted to hospital on Monday after...
View ArticleSuppression granted for taxi driver on indecent assault charges
The Crown has described an indecent assault by a taxi driver as "an issue of public safety" but a judge has ruled out describing the man as a sex offender. Judge Jane Farish accepted the general...
View ArticleJudge to deportee: 'You think the world owes you a living. It doesn't.'
An Australian deportee with a history of violence has been given a helping hand from a judge at his latest sentencing. In probation-language in his latest pre-sentence report, 32-year-old Kohi...
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