Chch couple sentenced for sale and production of heroin
A Christchurch couple who produced and sold heroin out of their suburban address were given separate sentences of jail and home detention at the city's District Court on Friday afternoon. Joanne...
View ArticleConviction of Winders demonstrates what can be done when the public come...
Police say the murder conviction against Quinton Winders shows what can be done when the public comes forward with information. A jury found Winders guilty yesterday afternoon of the murder of stop-go...
View ArticlePolice continue hunt for violent man
Canterbury police are continuing their hunt for a man wanted for violent offences, including an alleged serious assault on a woman. They're asking for sightings of 31-year-old Luke James Henry, but say...
View ArticleArrest after Levin stabbing
A man has been arrested following a stabbing in Levin that left a man with life- threatening injuries. The 38-year-old was taken into custody on Sunday morning, following the alleged attack on Wilton...
View ArticlePolice investigating west Auckland aggravated robbery
Police are investigating after an armed man entered a west Auckland dairy and demanded money and cigarettes last night. The aggravated robbery happened about 8pm on Don Buck Road in Henderson, police...
View ArticleTwo gunpoint robberies within minutes in Waikato
A Waikato bar and a service station were held up at gunpoint just minutes apart overnight. Waikato police Senior Sergeant Ray Malcomson said a staff member was closing up at Hamilton's Cock & Bull...
View ArticleTe Puke Four Square aggravated robbery
Police are investigating an aggravated robbery in Te Puke. The robbery happened at the Four Square on Jellicoe Street around 7.15pm last night. Anyone with information is asked to contact Tauranga Police.
View ArticleChristchurch man in court over alleged abduction, rape
A Christchurch woman was kidnapped, detained, assaulted and raped over the weekend, police allege. Luke James Henry, 31, has been arrested for the alleged attack which police say spanned Friday and...
View ArticleHamilton City Council appears in court over fatal tiger attack on Samantha...
The Hamilton City Council appeared in court this morning for sentencing over the death of Hamilton zookeeper Samantha Kudeweh. Ms Kudeweh was mauled by Sumatran tiger Oz in September last year after a...
View ArticleCop punched by rich-lister's son grateful for support
Police say the female officer injured by a 19-year-old rich-lister's son in Dunedin last year, is grateful for the support she has received. Nikolas James Posa Delegat was sentenced to 300 hours...
View ArticlePolice arrest man after Ashburton homicide
UPDATED 11.30am: A family had gathered to remember the 11-year anniversary of a young relative's tragic death in a car crash when one of them was allegedly murdered last night. Police were called to a...
View ArticleCHCH man faces sentencing over nude pic blackmail
UPDATED 12.56pm: A Christchurch man who posted a naked photo of his ex girlfriend on social media because he was "unhappy" about their relationship coming to an end has been sentenced to eight months...
View ArticlePrison dentist cleared of using dirty equipment
A dentist accused by Corrections officers and prisoners of using dirty equipment has been cleared. Three Corrections officers and several patients complained to the New Zealand Health Practitioners...
View ArticleSouth Taranaki man convicted on 35 sex charges
A South Taranaki man has been convicted of 35 sex charges. 36-year-old Nigel Nelson was today found guilty of 33 charges including sexual violation and sexual exploitation of a person under the age of...
View ArticleCHCH man 'angry at god' jailed for church arson
A Christchurch man who gutted a church he set on fire because he was "angry at god" has been jailed for six years at Christchurch District Court. Cheyenne Reed, a thirty-five-year-old technician twice...
View ArticleWoman brutally bashed, dragged from car by teen girls
UPDATED 8.46PM The family of a woman who was brutally bashed and dragged from her car today are speaking out to ensure it doesn't happen to anyone else. The victim's son Chee Phua, 33, believed his...
View ArticlePolice operation sparked by rush hour rampage
UPDATED 3.33pm A driver who fled police during a 50km rampage across North Canterbury and Christchurch today has been charged. A pursuit began in Amberley, north of Christchurch, this morning after...
View ArticleSon of carjacked woman: "The next person, it could probably lead to death"
A man whose mother's been left with concussion, a broken nose and damaged teeth after a carjacking in Auckland believes she was targeted because she's vulnerable. MORE: Woman brutally bashed,dragged...
View Article'Extreme and unnecessary violence': Police on Panmure carjacking
Police continue to hunt for two young women who bashed a 65-year-old woman in what officers described as being an act of extreme violence. At a press conference in Glen Innes this afternoon, detective...
View ArticleMan found guilty of people trafficking in NZ
A man accused of luring migrant workers into paying thousands of dollars for jobs, only to exploit them for cheap labour and send them home nearly penniless, has been found guilty of people...
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