Fraudster jailed for stealing millions from his South Taranaki iwi
An Australian based fraudster has brought shame as well as a loss of mana and trust to his iwi after he conned the organisation out of more than $3 million.The entrepreneurial South Taranaki iwi Ngā...
View ArticleThird-strike sentencing: Zacquirin Tikena-Stuchbery's Mongrel Mob upbringing...
A young man who potentially faced a lengthy prison term without parole for a violent attack on his sleeping partner was instead ordered to serve a shorter sentence today after a judge noted he claimed...
View ArticleTrelise Cooper burglary: Kathy Stephens declined discharge without conviction
A former private investigator has been denied a discharge without conviction for her involvement in the Trelise Cooper robbery.In February, jurors found Kathy Stephens guilty of receiving stolen goods...
View ArticleMt Albert walkway death: Police reveal 'dangerous' suspect Christian Eteuati...
Police have today revealed more details on their investigation into the "brutal" death of a man who was attacked on a Mt Albert walkway.A homicide inquiry is underway after the man's body was found on...
View ArticleElizabeth Zhong homicide: Fingerprint expert says bloody print on suitcase...
A bloody fingerprint found on the suitcase that authorities believe Elizabeth Zhong's stabbed body was stuffed into doesn't match the prints of business partner Fang Sun, an expert said today as...
View Article'Mindless acts': Auckland Council rues wrecked, stolen art across region,...
Auckland Council is appealing for help to stop treasured public art being ruined beyond repair or stolen from parks across the city.In recent weeks a number of significant works of public art,...
View ArticleFacebook fraud: Shearer paid in McDonald's meals for allowing scammer to use...
A 69-year-old shearer who allowed his bank account to be used for Facebook fraud has been ordered to pay back $3715 fleeced from eight victims.The Napier District Court was told that Major Te Ture, of...
View ArticleDunedin murderer Andrew Ronald MacMillan needs more gradual release,...
A man who killed a Dunedin teenager and dumped her body in a stream needs a gradual release into the community, a psychologist says.Andrew Ronald MacMillan, 55, is serving a life sentence at the Otago...
View ArticleAuckland gang shootings: Police arrest seven, recover guns, ammunition
Seven people have been arrested and firearms and ammunition recovered as police investigate a gang feud which sparked a series of terrifying shooting incidents in Auckland this week.Ten charges had...
View ArticleMt Albert homicide victim identified as Tom Coombes
The man who was found dead on a Mt Albert walkway this week can be identified as Tom Coombes.The 25-year-old is a former Massey High School student who had lived at Bethells Beach.He was also a...
View ArticleRadio host Jay-Jay Feeney's brother has more than 20 pellets in his body...
Popular broadcaster Jay-Jay Feeney's brother, who was allegedly randomly shot on a night out, says he was petrified he would die. "I was really worried I would never see my boys again," Poull Andersen...
View ArticleMt Albert homicide: Tom Coombes''happy and beautiful life' cut short
Tom Coombes was living a "happy and beautiful life" before it was cruelly cut this week, his family says. Coombes, 25, was found dead on Tuesday evening on the Roy Clements Treeway, close to Mt Albert...
View ArticleAuckland walkway killing: Man accused of murdering Tom Coombes too ill to...
The man charged with the Mt Albert walkway murder of 25-year-old Tom Coombes will not appear in court today due to ill health.The man, 22, was arrested on Saturday afternoon and charged with murder.He...
View ArticleBrazen thief steals Sunday school teacher's handbag as she prayed with children
A brazen thief sneaked into a church and stole the handbag of a woman teaching toddlers in the creche while the group had their eyes closed in prayer.The female victim, who wished to remain anonymous,...
View ArticleMethadone prescription called into question at Shaun Gray inquest
A mental health patient who died of a suspected suicide was found to have been prescribed nearly three times the standard dose of the drug methadone by a doctor who was herself using opioid...
View ArticleNorthland judge Greg Davis says repeat drink-driver's excuses are 'bulls***'
Calling out a drink-driver's "bulls***" excuse for repeatedly putting the public at risk, Northland Judge Greg Davis said the man wasn't missing his son but his drinking mates Cody and Jim Beam....
View ArticlePolice pull gun on rampaging woman upset by ex partner who arrived home late
A woman who went on a rampage with a tomahawk when her former partner arrived home later than planned was eventually stopped by police at gunpoint. Shanae Ashleigh Brown was today remanded in custody...
View ArticlePair of roading company directors named in bribery case
A pair of roading company directors accused of offering bribes for maintenance contracts can now be named after abandoning their appeal for continued name suppression. Frederick Pou and Jeanette Pou,...
View ArticleMt Albert walkway death: Police reveal 'dangerous' suspect sought over...
Police have today revealed more details on their investigation into the "brutal" death of a man who was attacked on a Mt Albert walkway.A homicide inquiry is underway after the man's body was found on...
View ArticlePolice investigate gunshots in Christchurch pub's car park
Police are investigating further after reports of gunshots in Christchurch last night.Police say they were called to a fight at the Turf and One Good Horse restaurant car park on Inwoods Rd in...
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