Newspaper delivery driver stabbed
A New Zealand Herald newspaper delivery driver is undergoing surgery after he was stabbed at an Auckland service station this morning. The driver was in the forecourt of the Gull station, off East...
View ArticleFive arrested fleeing Christchurch in stolen car
Five people have been arrested after trying to flee Christchurch police in a stolen vehicle. Police say the vehicle was stopped with road spikes near the Lyttelton tunnel around midnight. The vehicle...
View ArticleCourt for man accused of assaulting newspaper delivery man
A man is appearing in court today over a vicious assault on a newspaper delivery man in South Auckland. Soane Mateo was waiting to collect papers at a service station early last Saturday when he was...
View ArticleVictim of Shortland Street actor Lee Rene Naufahu 'abused and betrayed'
A victim of well-known New Zealand actor Lee Rene Naufahu says she was subjected to a "gross abuse of power" and will no longer let the television star consume "any more of my mental space". Naufahu,...
View ArticleWife killer Colin Bouwer to be released
Wife killer Colin Bouwer will be released on parole. The New Zealand Parole Board confirmed its decision today to release Bouwer as he was no longer an undue risk to the community. The 67-year-old is...
View ArticleFather who killed two year old daughter jailed
Graphic content warning: Some readers may find this story disturbing. She was playing in the driveway of her family home. But her 2-year-old life was cut short in the most tragic and gruesome of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Scribe appears in court after no-show
New Zealand rapper Scribe has handed himself in and appeared in court today to deny drug and weapon charges. The chart-topping hip-hop artist, whose real name is Malo Ioane Luafutu, had a warrant for...
View ArticleMore jail for man who imported meth from prison
Rollie Heke has been sentenced to five years and five months jail, for importing meth from prison. Heke was arrested late last month following a two-week manhunt after he allegedly shot at police with...
View ArticleFalse insurance claims on rise
People making false insurance claims are on the rise. Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman, Karen Stevens said they have investigated a multitude of cases involving varying degrees of...
View ArticleNurse denies giving lethal injection
UPDATED 6.05PM: Two of the three nurses suspected of giving a woman a fatal dose of insulin have given contradictory evidence during an inquest. LISTEN ABOVE TO SAM HURLEY TALK TO CHRIS LYNCH ON LARRY...
View ArticleRollie Heke denies attempted murder of police officers
A man facing three charges of attempted murder after allegedly shooting at police officers in Morrinsville has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Rollie James Heke, 37, appeared via audio visual link...
View ArticleSynth linked to three more deaths, around 20 cases now with coroner
Synthetic cannabis has been linked to another three deaths - this time in West Auckland. Although police are moving away from using the term cannabis - saying these concoctions have nothing to do with...
View ArticleMan jailed for Mellory Manning's murder has conviction quashed
The man jailed for the murder of a Christchurch prostitute has had his murder conviction quashed. Mauha Fawcett was found guilty in the High Court at Christchurch of Mellory Manning's murder and jailed...
View ArticleKidnappers of Jindarat Prutsiriporn jailed
Six men have been jailed for the kidnapping and manslaughter of an Auckland woman who fell from the boot of a moving car. Jindarat Prutsiriporn, 50, died in hospital two days after she hit her head on...
View ArticleSecond man charged over assault of teens on train
A second man is facing charges over the assault of two teenagers on an Auckland train. The Tauranga man, 35, has been charged with assault with intent to injure in relation to the incident on August...
View ArticleMan jailed for having $21,000 worth of synthetic cannabis
A Rotorua man has been jailed for seven months after police found him in a car with a cardboard box containing 2.4kg of synthetic cannabis. The Rotorua Daily Post has been told by a police spokesman it...
View ArticleFisherman sold paua on black market
A Canterbury fisherman has landed in court after selling rock lobster and paua on the black market. Michael Andrew Dickson sold 346 rock lobsters and 200 paua on the black market in 2015 and 2016,...
View ArticleConfirmed: Sea lion on Otago beach was shot
A male sea lion found dead on an Otago beach had been shot, a necropsy has confirmed. Department of Conservation ranger Ros Cole says the news is disheartening as sea lions are are critically...
View ArticleNelson man convicted for shooting kea
A man has been sentenced to community service for shooting and killing a kea. Robert Derek Aberson, of Takaka Hill, was given 200 hours' community service in the Nelson District Court on Wednesday,...
View ArticleFather to son's killer: 'I hope when you dream you see his ghost'
A grieving father hopes his dead boy haunts the dreams of his son's killer. The chilling words came after Antony Marsh's 32-year-old son Leslie Putt was gunned down and died from a gut wound at an...
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