National registry of children rejected as 'extreme'
Some cold water on the major recommendation from the coroner's report in the death of Moko Rangitoheriri. Coroner Wallace Bain recommended a national registry of children to facilitate scheduled and...
View ArticleSacked Whangarei doctor used meth and cannabis
A Northland doctor who was justifiably sacked for prescribing controlled drugs to her partner was a recreational user of methamphetamine and cannabis, it has been revealed. Dr Lynda Marie Emmerson has...
View ArticlePoliceman admits murdering his wife after she left him for friend
An Invercargill police officer who executed his estranged wife and tried to kill her new partner has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Constable Benjamin Peter McLean, 48, shot...
View ArticleTaxi driver accused of assaulting Jay-Jay Harvey pleas not guilty
A taxi driver accused of indecently assaulting radio host Jay-Jay Harvey has pleaded not guilty and can now be named. Baljeet Singh, 27, appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning for his...
View ArticleHow Invercargill's jilted killer plotted his revenge
Within days of discovering his wife was leaving him, an Invercargill police officer was searching rifles for sale online. When Constable Benjamin Peter McLean, 48, pleaded guilty to murder and...
View ArticleChristchurch babysitter killer jailed for 5 years
A babysitter found guilty of recklessly killing a 1-year-old baby in her care has today been jailed for five years. A jury found Fijian-Indian Shayal Upashna Sami, 21, responsible for the death of...
View ArticleCourt rules police can't seize fraudster's Kiwisaver
A convicted fraudster has won the right to hold on to her KiwiSaver funds - and one commentator says that may well be just, because criminals ultimately need retirement money too. Joanne Harrison was...
View ArticleDriver flees police twice before crashing car in Lower Hutt
A man was arrested in Lower Hutt after fleeing police twice and pointing a firearm at them during the chase. The driver of a Honda failed to stop on Leighton Avenue, Waiwhetu, at 3am on Monday and a...
View ArticleFour named and sentenced in celebrity cocaine bust
Four men who were part of a high-profile Auckland cocaine bust have been named but the identities of the prominent people they supplied drugs to remain hidden. Mobeen Bhikoo, Benjamin McLellan, Tafa...
View ArticleTeen who abused CYF kids also accused of raping 9-year-old cousin
The teenager jailed for sexually abusing siblings put in his parents' care by Child Youth and Family was also accused of raping his 9-year-old cousin. And the Herald can now report on her case,...
View ArticleEight arrested in meth bust linked to Head Hunters gang
Eight people are due to appear in court today after police intercepted a shipment of drugs being smuggled into the country from Fiji. Â Police raided five homes across Auckland and arrested six people...
View ArticleCriminals poorer in 2017 by $14.4m
Criminals are more than $14.4 million poorer than they were at the start of the year, thanks to asset restraints and forfeitures by police. Real estate, vehicles, motorcycles, boats and cash have all...
View ArticleInquiry finds police culture has changed
Police have welcomed the Auditor-General's report into police conduct and the culture change the organisation has experienced in the past decade. In 2007, the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct...
View ArticleAnatomy of synthetics addiction and the fast track to death
Nicole Charlotte Graham's name is one on a growing list of people who have died after using synthetic drugs. Her story is like so many - a story of addiction, mental health and a drug so easy to get...
View ArticleManhunt after policeman hit by fleeing driver in Bay of Plenty
A police officer struck by a vehicle in the Bay of Plenty this morning has been flown to Waikato Hospital. Police shut down the main highway to track the offender and warned drivers not to pick up...
View ArticleHuge mural lasts less than 24 hours
A huge mural has been stolen from outside an Auckland train station, less than a day after it was put up by City Rail Link staff. The mural depicting a train-waka hybrid was put up on Galway street...
View ArticlePolice seek information on violent dairy robbery in Porirua
A Porirua store manager has injuries to his face after being punched to the ground in a Christmas Eve robbery. A man entered the Mungavin Ave store around 2pm on Sunday and knocked the attendant down,...
View ArticleDrunken revellers could force Queenstown to extend liquor ban
Police have had enough of drunken revellers around Queenstown - and New Year's Eve is still days away. The antics of some at Queenstown Bay on Christmas Day could spell the end of public drinking in...
View ArticleNZ's worst stalker loses appeal after impersonating court officer
New Zealand's most notorious stalker will continue to be monitored with a GPS bracelet and banned from entering an Auckland suburb after he impersonated a court officer to contact one of his victims....
View ArticleFirst te reo speaker appointed to Court of Appeal
Justice Joseph Williams is the first te reo Maori speaker be appointed to the judge's bench in the Court of Appeal. The former Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court was named a judge of the Court of...
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