Name suppression lifted in Red Fox Tavern murder case
Name suppression lifted for one of the two men charged with murder of Chris Bush in the infamous 1987 cold case. One of the men alleged to have committed murder while robbing the Red Fox Tavern more...
View ArticleRest home resident fleeced by meth addict with 152 convictions and jailed 82...
An 88-year-old woman suffering Parkinson's disease was fleeced of $45,000 by a man who has been jailed 82 times. Damien Hakaraia was sentenced by the Whanganui District Court this week to 22 months'...
View ArticleLabour Party camp indecent assault accused appears in court
A man accused of indecent assaults at a Labour Party summer youth camp has pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court this morning. The 20-year-old was arrested last month and appeared for the first...
View ArticleElderly woman victim in 'disgusting' mugging on Rotorua street
An elderly woman with dementia has been the victim of a "disgusting" daylight mugging, having her handbag stolen while walking down a suburban street. The daughter-in-law of the woman is urging people...
View ArticleChristchurch man walking his dogs critical after suspected hit-and-run:...
A Christchurch man was left in a critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle while taking his dogs for a walk near his home in Dallington. Christchurch police are appealing to the public for...
View Article17-year-old faces assault charge after schoolground knife incident
A 17-year-old Oamaru pupil who allegedly cut a fellow pupil with a knife on school grounds faces an assault charge. Police were called to St Kevin's College about 10.25am after the pupil was involved...
View ArticleCider-fuelled spit-fest: 'I have AIDS and I'm going to spit on you'
A woman who went on a cider-fuelled spit-fest at a Dunedin police station has been ordered to undertake counselling. Angela Marie Robertson, 35, faced two charges of attempting to infect police...
View ArticleMorrinsville gunman Rollie Heke pleads guilty
The man who went on Rambo-style shooting rampage targeting police near Morrinsville has pleaded guilty. Rollie James Heke pleaded guilty at the High Court in Hamilton to one representative charge of...
View ArticleDoctor accused of Amber-Rose's murder makes fresh bail bid
A Dunedin doctor accused of the murder of a Dunedin teen has made a renewed bid for bail. Venod Skantha, 30, is charged with the murder of 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush, who was found dead in her...
View ArticleNZ's dumbest crim? Facebook sale led police to his door
A Facebook offer of stolen property and ''green" led police to uncover a host of incriminating material which has landed a Whanganui man in jail. Judge Dugald Matheson sentenced Kane Winika, 30, to two...
View ArticlePrison term cut for Head Hunters gang boss due to ill health
One of the most senior Head Hunters gang members has successfully appealed the length of his sentence after he was jailed on a raft of methamphetamine charges. In April last year, high-profile gangster...
View ArticleRustling, and castrated bulls, but no one to charge
After waking up to find someone had castrated two of his bulls, a Hawke's Bay farmer expected the police to arrest and charge the culprit. Instead he says he was advised to sell up and move. Pongaroa...
View ArticleOne dead, two injured in shooting in Melville, Hamilton
A man has died and two others are seriously injured following a shooting in Hamilton overnight. Waikato police are investigating the fatal shooting at a Melville address at around 1am. A 23-year-old...
View ArticleHamilton shooting victim died protecting his girlfriend, says sister
A man fatally shot in a Hamilton house overnight was lying in bed and died protecting his partner in the gunfire, his family says. Robert Nelson, 23, is believed to have died at the scene of a shooting...
View ArticleHamilton police looking for shooting suspect
Hamilton police are still looking for a person who is on the run, after a 23-year-old man was shot dead in a house early on Sunday morning. Robert Nelson was killed, and two others received serious...
View ArticleClosing arguments begin in Black Power trial
The trial of a group of Black Power gang members facing charges relating to a confrontation with Mongrel Mob adversaries during a funeral procession at Whakatāne 18 months ago has reached its closing...
View ArticlePolice ask for help identifying a man in relation to an alleged rape in Hamilton
Hamilton Police are appealing to the public over an alleged rape in the central city on May 20th. The alleged incident occurred around 3am in the Hamilton Museum Carpark. New CCTV footage has been...
View ArticleRapper Scribe facing new 'domestic' charge
Rapper Scribe's bid to avoid a conviction over P possession has been delayed after it emerged that he faces a new police allegation. The chart-topping hip-hop artist, whose real name is Malo Ioane...
View ArticleChristchurch teen Katrina Epiha has murder trial delayed
The trial of a teenager accused of fatally stabbing another woman at a Christchurch house party has been delayed. Katrina Roma Epiha, 19, has been charged with murdering Alicia Maree Nathan also known...
View ArticleAuckland cop under investigation over alleged inappropriate behaviour with women
An Auckland police officer is under investigation and facing suspension following allegations from multiple women of inappropriate behaviour and unwanted attention. The Herald has learned the officer,...
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