Wellington taxi driver feared passengers before shooting
The Wellington taxi driver shot in the shoulder last weekend was already afraid of his passengers' erratic behaviour before the attack. Alem Tessema said the passengers were "hiding" in the back seats...
View ArticleJury retires in police kidnap trial
A jury must now decide whether two police officers accused of faking a teen's arrest to get him away from his underage girlfriend were kidnapping him or just giving advice. Senior Auckland policemen...
View ArticleHome detention for owner over worker's death
The owner of an oil recycling company, where 24-year-old Jamey Bowring was killed in a tank explosion, has been sentenced to just over four months of home detention. Bowring died on September 15, 2015,...
View ArticleWoman jailed for shooting flatmate after all-day drinking and drugs binge
A woman who shot and killed her Hamilton flatmate after drinking and taking drugs all day has been jailed for three years. Tiffani Sutcliffe, 23, appeared in the High Court in Hamilton this morning for...
View ArticleChristchurch man extradited to Oz over fraud
Queensland police are extraditing a New Zealand man wanted over an alleged million dollar boiler-room scam. Sunshine Coast detectives are in Christchurch to extradite the 48-year-old man, who is...
View ArticleInmate stabbed at Auckland Prison
A prisoner stabbed in a gang-related attack in Auckland Prison is recovering under the watch of medical staff. The man was rushed to hospital following the assault on Thursday afternoon before being...
View ArticleHigh risk killer soon to be released without any rehabilitation
A violent killer at high risk of re-offending is set to be released back into the community having completed no rehabilitation in prison. A Parole Board report released to the Herald on Sunday shows...
View ArticleScott Watson murder appeal: new forensic report challenges evidence
The latest appeal on behalf of convicted double murderer Scott Watson lies in the hands of an unexpected supporter. Watson is in prison for the murders of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart, who disappeared on...
View ArticleDaughter under pressure at work when mother died, Court of Appeal told
A woman sentenced to 12 years jail for letting her elderly mother starve to death, says she was under pressure with work at the time. Cindy Melissa Taylor, 44, appealed her sentence in the Court of...
View ArticleSerious Fraud Office looking into former Waikato DHB boss
The Serious Fraud Office is looking into the spending of former Waikato District Health Board chief executive Dr Nigel Murray. The SFO is making preliminary inquiries into the case involving $218,000...
View ArticleUnique designs could stop jewellery thieves succeeding
A Christchurch jeweller's hoping his distinctive designs will catch out thieves who stole $200,000 worth of stock. Around 2000 rings were taken from La Bu jewellery store at the Tannery this week. The...
View ArticleBoy racers run over man on Karioitahi Beach
A man was sent flying over a car bonnet after confronting boy-racers on an Auckland beach at the weekend. In dramatic footage posted to Facebook - since taken down - the man can be seen approaching a...
View ArticleDairy owning family faces worst attack in 27 years
UPDATED 2.00PM: Robbers bashed a South Auckland dairy owner in the face and punched him in the ribs as he was closing his shop, while another ran into their adjoining house to beat up his wife and...
View ArticleSecond murder charge laid over Papatoetoe boarding house death
A second man has been charged with murder following the death of 40-year-old Jima Shemaon Zaya at a South Auckland boarding house in May. Mohammed Shaiyaz Shaheem, 40, was charged with murder earlier...
View ArticleAuckland trains targetted by taggers again
Passengers were moved to a train's rear carriage to avoid fumes when the train was tagged this morning. Auckland Transport spokesman James Ireland said staff were reviewing CCTV footage after the train...
View ArticleNotorious crim jailed indefinitely on mass of charges
One of Hawke's Bay's top offenders has been put behind bars indefinitely for a mass of charges, including sexually violating a male accomplice after a botched burglary. Alister James Reid, 47, known as...
View ArticleCharges laid over Paremoremo stabbings
Six men have been charged after two maximum security prisoners were injured in separate stabbing attacks at Auckland Prison earlier this month. The two prisoners were assaulted with makeshift weapons...
View Article'Young, desperate, on drugs': Crackdown coming on violent dairy robberies
A crackdown is coming on violent dairy robberies that the Police Minister says are being committed by people who are "young, desperate, on drugs or undertaking these robberies to finance their drug...
View ArticleSerco guard avoids jail over taking bribes
A Serco guard bribed by inmates to bring contraband into Auckland's Mount Eden prison has been sentenced to home detention. The former guard, Farani Junior Fa'apoi, appeared in the High Court at...
View ArticleHorrific footage of vicious attack of shopkeepers
Horrifying footage has emerged of the brutal attack on a shopkeeper punched to the ground during a robbery at his South Auckland store. Security cameras have captured the terrifying 25 seconds in which...
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