Gang fight breaks out at child's tangi in Pukekohe
Video footage of a fight between gang members at a tangi in Auckland's Pukekohe has surfaced online, showing suburban streets overtaken by patched members as whānau gathered to farewell a young child....
View ArticleDangerous driver sentenced for fleeing police through Covid-19 checkpoint,...
A man who drove through a Covid-19 border without stopping repeatedly endangered public safety when he led police on a 55km chase, driving at speeds of up to 160km/h before crashing. Police had...
View Article'I have no room in my heart for hate': Daughter forgives driver who killed...
The daughter of a couple killed by a careless driver near Levin has told him she forgives him for what he's done. "I have no room in my heart for hate or anger," Sarah Slobbe told 28-year-old Jahmel...
View ArticleGang member jailed after double shooting incident in Kaiapoi
501 deportee Mokonuiarangi Tuatahi Chong has been sentenced to a two-year six-month jail term after he dropped a man off at hospital after a gang shooting in Kaiapoi in January 2021. Christchurch...
View ArticleCovid 19 Omicron outbreak: Manukau jury trials come to immediate halt due to...
Jury trials have come to an immediate and abrupt halt at the Manukau District Court this week as the number of staff either with Covid-19 or forced to isolate doubles. In an email to contacts last...
View ArticleMan and 16-year-old charged over Invercargill school burglaries
A 35-year-old man and a 16-year-old have been charged over three primary school burglaries. Police searched an Invercargill address on Tuesday after cash and electronic items were stolen from Rimu,...
View ArticleName of 22-year-old killed in Nelson shooting released
Police have released the name of the man who died after a shooting in Nelson this week. Lake Arizona Takimoana, 22, a local man, died after being shot in Washington Valley on Tuesday afternoon....
View ArticlePukekohe tangi fight: Why gang clash occurred
Police have confirmed that they are investigating an outbreak of gang violence at a child's tangi in Pukekohe earlier this week, as an expert reveals why such an open display of aggression was seen at...
View ArticleChristchurch mosque terror attack: Terrorist challenges 'errors' in Royal...
The Australian terrorist behind the Christchurch Mosque attacks says a full coronial inquiry into the 51 murders should correct "factual inaccuracies" in the Royal Commission of Inquiry report into the...
View ArticleCovid-19 Omicron Parliament protest: Protester accused of driving car at...
The man who allegedly drove a car at police during the Wellington protests has been granted bail. Name suppression lapsed this afternoon for Joseph Witana, 53. He is charged with allegedly assaulting...
View ArticleCovid 19 outbreak: Host of North Shore lockdown party 'remorseful', ordered...
A man who threw an infamous North Shore house party during lockdown last year has pleaded guilty and been ordered to pay a fine of $800. He appeared at North Shore District Court this afternoon...
View ArticleAbuse trial jury in Napier told: 'Someone in this case is lying'
A teenage girl who alleges months of physical and sexual abuse from her father was a "credible and compelling" witness, a court has been told. But the father's lawyer says that the girl's allegations...
View ArticleLois Tolley murder: Men formerly charged in the case granted permanent name...
The names of three men formerly charged with murdering Lois Tolley will remain secret after the charges were withdrawn following a number of hearings late last year. Justice Simon France today made...
View ArticleCovid-19 Auckland lockdown protest: Destiny Church's Paul Thompson set to...
A judge has assigned a tentative sentencing date for Destiny Church member and alleged lockdown protest attendee Paul Craig Thompson after the Auckland District Court was informed he intends to plead...
View ArticleRimutaka Prison escaper dressed as guard to foil Corrections staff
Rimutaka Prison escaper John Douglas Willis stole a guard's uniform and pretended to be chasing an escaped criminal to flee the jail. Willis, 59, escaped from the Upper Hutt prison on February 18...
View ArticleThe New Zealand town that backed a child sex abuser
When a volunteer firefighter sexually abused his young son, many in their small town refused to believe it. Fire and Emergency kept him on, and locals turned on the boy's mum, saying she'd made up the...
View ArticleTwo in court in relation to Nelson homicide; Police hunt for third man wanted...
A man charged with aggravated burglary in relation to last week's homicide in Nelson has denied the charge, while another charged with being a party to murder has had his name and details suppressed....
View Article$65,000 serial swindler appeals sentence
A serial swindler who ripped off dozens of people over more than two years has claimed he deserves a lighter sentence. Blair David Beaumont, 37, was jailed for three years and 10 months for $65,000 of...
View ArticlePickaxe attack: Culprit caught on camera smashing Hastings dairy
A masked offender has vandalised a Hastings dairy with a weapon believed to be a pickaxe in a bizarre early morning incident. Lantern Light Dairy and Takeaways, in Mayfair, owner Lance Mackie said the...
View ArticleAkash murder trial: Man who killed girlfriend in 2016 found guilty of murder...
A schizophrenic security guard who admitted in 2016 to stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death has been found guilty – for the second time – of murder. A jury at the High Court at Auckland returned...
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