Real estate agent convicted of making threatening phone call
A Wanganui real estate agent has been convicted of making a threatening phone call to previous employers, in which he said he was coming to get them, and would kill them both.William Charles Hume, 53,...
View ArticleAccountant jailed for stealing from family trust fund
A Christchurch chartered accountant who stole more than $700,000 from a family trust fund was jailed for three years and nine months today.Convicted fraudster John Lawrence Hibbard, 60, dipped into the...
View ArticleMerchant jailed over wine scams
A wine merchant to the elite has been jailed after ripping them off in deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.Simon Gregory Mickleson was today sentenced to two years and four months in prison...
View ArticlePolice officer loses appeal over hitting teenager
A police officer found guilty of striking a drunk teenager in 2010 has lost his attempt to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court.The Court dismissed his appeal today, supporting the ruling of the...
View ArticlePolice investigate unexplained death in Dannevirke
Police are investigating the unexplained death of a woman in Dannevirke.Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Harrison says police were called to an Empire Street property around 7am yesterday, and...
View ArticleLucy Lawless' court date receives global coverage
If you want to stage a successful protest, it helps to have Xena: Warrior Princess on board.Lucy Lawless and seven other Greenpeace activists today pleaded guilty over the occupation of an oil drilling...
View ArticleMan, 18, pleads guilty to stabbing tourists
An 18-year-old has pleaded guilty to stabbing two tourists in Taupo early this month.Jason Jordan McKenzie faced two charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, after the men were...
View ArticleAsset sales bill passes second reading in Parliament
The bill to allow the partial sale of five state owned companies has passed its second reading in Parliament after a heated debate.The Mixed Ownership Model Bill would allow the sale of part of power...
View ArticlePhone distracted drugged driver before crash
An unlicensed 16-year-old driver was affected by cannabis and reaching into his jeans pocket, where his cellphone was, when he crossed the centre line and smashed into a truck, an inquest in Dunedin...
View ArticleDunedin teen sentenced for racial abuse
A teenager who racially abused a Korean man and his family, and also punched the man, has been sentenced to two months of home detention.Imposing sentence in the Dunedin District Court yesterday, Judge...
View ArticleNZ's 'most dangerous stalker' used suicide to seduce
The man dubbed New Zealand's "most dangerous stalker" used the suicide of a young man to get close to one of his latest victims.Glenn Green was jailed for two and-a-half years today after previously...
View ArticleCasino van kids' parents admit guilt
The parents accused of leaving five children in a locked van while they gambled at Auckland's SkyCity casino have pleaded guilty.The 39-year-old man and 29-year-old woman retained interim name...
View ArticleTarantulas on a plane head to NZ
A massive shipment of tarantulas is on its way to New Zealand.Wellington Zoo is importing 107 of the insect-eating spiders, which can grow from the size of a palm to as big as a dinner plate, for...
View ArticleNZ at Noon: Bottle ghosts, feather boats and annoying comments
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a bottled ghost, a fleeing shoplifter who wasn't looking where he was going and people who make (annoying) comments on web sites.Enterprising...
View ArticleFBI told to copy seized Dotcom data
The FBI has been ordered to start copying 150 terabytes of data - including 10 million emails - contained on the seized computers belonging to internet mogul Kim Dotcom.In her ruling released today,...
View ArticleBryce Edwards: Political round-up: June 15
Is it a case of 'the less said, the better' for Labour? The next election is a long way out but the trends are all looking promising for David Shearer to become the next prime minister. Apart from the...
View ArticleOutrage over dementia defence for alleged rapist
Name suppression has been lifted for the 79-year-old man who walked free from Whanganui District Court today after being deemed unfit to stand trial on charges of rape and abduction.Four psychological...
View ArticleSchool sex offender report delayed
A report into how a convicted sex offender eluded authorities to teach in North Island schools has been delayed.The findings of a ministerial inquiry led by former Ombudsman Mel Smith, which were due...
View ArticleMan sentenced for bribing ex-ACC manager
A property developer has been given 11 months home detention for bribing a former Accident Compensation Corporation manager.Gregory Alexander Hutt, 54, pleaded guilty to the bribery charge in May and...
View ArticleGuy trial: Contradiction on tape
Murder accused Ewen Macdonald told police he first heard Scott Guy had died of a gunshot wound more than a day after the murder, contradicting previous evidence given in the High Court at...
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