Napier man who sent 350 abusive texts in one night found guilty of assault
A "controlling" man who sent hundreds of explicit and abusive emails to his partner as their relationship was breaking up has now been found guilty of assaulting her. The Napier District Court was...
View ArticleThe $40,000 kidnap plan: Victim tortured for two days for money that didn't...
A woman has been jailed for kidnapping a man, holding him hostage for two days and assaulting him with a screwdriver after a plan to rob him of $40,000 went awry. Beverley O'Keeffe hatched the plan...
View ArticleInvestigators stumbled across nightmare trove of sadistic child sex images -...
The "largest and most challenging" investigation ever undertaken in New Zealand into "horrific and devastating child sexual abuse material" has led to 146 children around the world brought into safety...
View ArticleFormer Warriors star Manu Vatuvei sentenced on meth import charge
Auckland-based rugby league legend and TV personality Manu Vatuvei has been sentenced to three years and seven months' prison for his role in a methamphetamine smuggling syndicate. The former Warriors...
View ArticlePolice seize 600kg of meth in New Zealand's largest drugs bust
Police have seized a massive shipment of drugs in a record-breaking bust following a lengthy covert investigation. The Herald understands the police intercepted around 600kg of methamphetamine...
View ArticleMan arrested and charged in relation to assault on Auckland's North Shore
A man has been arrested and charged in relation to a brazen assault on Auckland's North Shore. Police were called on Tuesday night after a man was attacked and his car taken from outside a block of...
View ArticleSeven-year term for rape of intoxicated woman
A 32-year-old woman did not get to see the jailing of the man convicted of raping her. She could not go to a courthouse to watch on video-link because she has Covid-19. But she wrote in her victim...
View ArticleWaitress fired for getting pregnant awarded $25k
A waitress has been awarded over $25,000 in compensation after she was fired for getting pregnant. Marika Beauchamp said the experience was so stressful she gave birth to her daughter prematurely....
View ArticleKiwi actor Antony Starr arrested after drunken attack in Spain
Kiwi actor Antony Starr has been arrested and given a 12-month suspended prison sentence after a drunken assault on a young chef in Spain. The 46-year-old actor, who plays an evil superhero on...
View ArticleCovid 19 Wellington protest: Marae staff pushed, threatened by protesters
A man has been taken away by police after a scuffle broke out outside Wainuiōmata Marae between protesters and locals. Yesterday, protesters arrived at the Lower Hutt marae - which is also a...
View ArticleMosgiel dairy owner stabbed in robbery, seriously hurt
The owner of the Mini Mart believed stabbed in an aggravated robbery in Mosgiel last night walked to a waiting ambulance under his own steam, a neighbour says. The neighbour, who asked not to be...
View ArticleFlat Bush homicide: Hells Angels member charged with murder for Boxing Day...
Police have filed a murder charge against a man believed to be a Hells Angels gang member who was arrested on Boxing Day following an hours-long standoff in Auckland's Flat Bush. Andrew Tovia...
View ArticleBayswater Marina incident: Man found dead after standoff, no one else sought
A man has died at an incident at Bayswater Marina on Auckland's North Shore. About a dozen armed police surrounded a boat called New Gipsy. A police negotiator called for a man onboard to come out....
View ArticleTauranga Boys' College's public apology for historic sexual harassment
Tauranga Boys' College has today publicly apologised for historic sexual harassment by a teacher. In statement issued to the school community and past students this afternoon, newly appointed Board of...
View ArticleThree injured after central Auckland shooting, teenager arrested
Three people have been rushed to hospital after a reported shooting in central Auckland. Emergency services were called to a "disorder incident" on Fort St shortly before 2am. During the incident it...
View ArticleMan dies from injuries at Taupō motel, homicide investigation under way
A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man at the Adelphi Motel in Taupō earlier today. Police were called to the property at the corner of Kaimanawa and Heuheu Sts about...
View ArticleAuckland CBD shooting: Jay-Jay Feeney's brother still has pellets in his body
Radio host Jay-Jay Feeney says her brother remains in great pain and is struggling to talk after he was shot yesterday in Auckland's CBD. Feeney's brother Poull Andersen, 33, was getting a kebab when...
View ArticleAuckland family begs for relocation to escape gang terror at Kāinga Ora...
A terrified family is begging Kāinga Ora to relocate them to escape violence and intimidation from a Mongrel Mob member living in their street, saying they are "running out of hope and the will to...
View ArticleFather dies from injuries at Taupō motel, homicide investigation under way
A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man at a Taupō emergency housing motel. Police were called to the Adelphi Motel on the corner of Kaimanawa and Heuheu Sts about...
View ArticleThe thin blue line: How Covid and the anti-mandate protests have stretched...
Criminals are becoming more brazen after frontline officers were taken off the beat to contain the protest at Parliament and help with the Government's pandemic response, a police source fears. Victims...
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