Comancheros gang bike run expected between Auckland and Waikato, police...
Police are monitoring a motorcycle run from one of the country's most notorious gangs between Auckland to Waikato today. Members of the Comancheros gang are travelling south from Auckland. They were...
View ArticleChristchurch carer Val Heaney killed inside own home: Man charged with murder...
A man charged with killing a Christchurch carer isolating at home with Covid-19 has this morning been granted interim name suppression and was remanded in custody. Val Heaney, 64, was found dead...
View ArticlePolice investigating after Kmart staff assaulted in Hamilton
Police are due to speak with staff at a Kmart store in Hamilton after staff members were assaulted by at least two women allegedly trying to leave the store without paying for goods. In a video posted...
View ArticleAuckland luxury fashion store burglary: Newmarket's Lejose Fashion House...
The owners of a high-end fashion store in Newmarket say they may close their business for good after two break-ins in two days. Lejose Fashion House on Teed St in Newmarket was broken into around 7am...
View ArticleViolent rapist sentenced to preventive detention, will spend minimum 7 years...
This story contains content relating to sexual harm that may be upsetting for some readers. A violent rapist who has spent most of his adult life behind bars has been sent back to prison for the...
View ArticleMother's 10-year fight for justice over jailed son's death from meningitis
A couple of weeks after being imprisoned, Boyd Cuttance told a nurse his head was "killing him". Tragically, he was almost right. More specifically it was what was inside his head that was the problem...
View ArticleKmart chaos: Police investigating attack on Hamilton store staff have...
Police investigating a brutal attack on staff at a Hamilton Kmart store have now interviewed the battered workers as the hunt for the culprits continues. A police spokeswoman confirmed today that staff...
View ArticleJudge says guns and gangs of huge concern, sends mobster to jail for having...
Gun-toting gang members have become a matter of "huge" public concern, a Hawke's Bay judge says. Judge Russell Collins made the comment when sentencing a Mongrel Mob member to jail for possessing...
View ArticleSkipper of grounded fishing trawler hasn't been heard from in months, despite...
Would trawlerman David Atkinson please come in? Your time is up. In fact, Christchurch District Court Judge Michael Crosbie is so convinced that your time is up, that he has issued a warrant for your...
View ArticleJailhouse Rock: Prison psychologist barred from practising for three years...
A New Zealand prison psychologist who smuggled contraband to an inmate she was having a sexual relationship with has been barred from practising for three years. The woman, whose name is suppressed,...
View ArticleNorthland man says he is unjustly in custody and is not who the State claims
A man's claim he is being unlawfully detained in prison because he is "not who overt or covert agents of the State say he is", has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. Maui Warahi, also known as Jay...
View ArticleFive youths in police custody after late night Auckland joyride in stolen cars
Five young people have been arrested after two stolen vehicles were taken for an early morning joyride across Auckland. Police first noticed the two vehicles being driven suspiciously on the Southern...
View ArticlePolice allege drivers swapped after fatal crash killed two
Police allege drivers swapped seats after a Christchurch crash in which two men were killed. Charges against four men alleging involvement in the September 25 incident have been laid at the...
View ArticleReaching for cigarettes while driving proves a fatal mistake
A woman's inattention of reaching for cigarettes in the footwell of her car proved a fatal mistake after she ploughed into a pedestrian, leaving him with critical injuries. Fabian Phillips, 31, would...
View ArticleAlleged Kmart robber appears in court, denied bail
One of two women allegedly involved in the violent robbery of a Kmart store – which saw three people stabbed – has appeared in court. Kitia Lucy Toimata, 24, and an associate are alleged to have...
View ArticleWatchdog faults ANZ bank after thousands drained from dead pensioner's account
The nation's biggest bank has been criticised by the Banking Ombudsman for allowing nearly $10,000 to be drained from an elderly woman's account by alleged fraudsters in the days after her death. The...
View ArticleMissing skipper found, after arrest warrant issued
Missing mariner David Atkinson has been found, after six months out of contact with the justice system. He faces charges over the 2019 grounding of a fishing trawler at a Christchurch beach. He was...
View ArticlePolice looking for woman over violent Kmart robbery in Hamilton
Police are looking for a 26-year-old woman allegedly involved in the violent robbery of a Kmart store. Two women are accused of entering the central Hamilton Kmart on Saturday night and attempting to...
View ArticleMan fined for grow-your-own when unable to afford legal medicinal cannabis
Paul Stevenson was on home detention for a drink-drive charge when the police turned up in February to search his house. It was then they found four cannabis plants, up to a metre tall, plus 464 grams...
View Article'Bittersweet' reaction to killer of Hawke's Bay man being refused parole
The widow of a man murdered by a gang prospect in 2009 says it is a bittersweet relief to learn her husband's killer has been denied parole again. Hulio Ataria received a life sentence in 2010 after...
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