Child porn offender gets deferred sentence
A convicted child pornography offender who breached his parole by accessing the internet has escaped with a two-month deferred sentence.Graeme Murray Purvis, 48, unemployed, appeared in the Dunedin...
View ArticleSteps toward Wellington street safety
Pedestrians failing to look both ways before crossing central Wellington roads are to blame for crashes along the so-called Golden Mile over the past two years, according to a pedestrian safety...
View ArticleMacdonald 'capable of anything'
When Callum Boe helped Ewen Macdonald kill 19 calves with a hammer, he realised his older sidekick was "capable of doing anything".The "vulnerable" Boe, then 18, feared that if he didn't go along with...
View ArticleSearch for trio on shoreline
The search will continue today for two students and their instructor believed drowned off the New Plymouth coastline.Bryce John Jourdain, 42, and Stephen Kahukaka-Gedye and Brazilian exchange student...
View ArticleNZ soldiers' bodies arrive home
Two grieving families watched from a dimly-lit runway as the bodies of Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone arrived home to New Zealand.The pair, their caskets each covered in a New Zealand...
View ArticleUnesco watches Fiordland tunnel project
Unesco is keeping a close eye on the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks and their status as a World Heritage site may be under threat from two controversial commercial proposals.If the Dart...
View ArticleTime's up for Masterton's wild cat population
The stray cat colony in Masterton's Queen Elizabeth Park faces being put down, unless the animals can be trapped and new homes found for them.Masterton District councillors will approach the SPCA with...
View ArticleMother of wandering toddler sentenced
The young mother of a toddler who wandered into the street at night after being left home alone has been sentenced and granted permanent name suppression.Judge Tony Walsh sentenced the 27-year-old...
View ArticlePhilip Duncan: Curiosity may fulfil our wildest imaginings
What a week for science news. It's rare to have three major science news stories within six hours but that's what happened earlier this week when news broke that White Island had erupted, followed by...
View ArticleThief escapes with warning
A car dealer who chased and caught a thief who'd taken his wallet is angry the culprit was let off with a warning.The thief had limped up to Graeme Macdonald while leaning on a cane before rushing off,...
View ArticleWOW 'no' comes as a bit of a shock
Seven months of work and hundreds of dollars of materials went in to Maureen Reinds' entry into the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards.She paid the $45 entry fee and sent photographs to...
View ArticleThousands expected at 'Block' homes
Four properties featured on TV3's runaway success series The Block will be open for public viewing. Thousands are expected to turn out to open homes on August 25 and September 1 at the properties in...
View Article50 rack up 38 years on ACC
More than 50 claims lodged with ACC in the first year of its existence are still active, and have cost taxpayers an average of $829,000 in each of the intervening 38 years.It has also been revealed 10...
View ArticleNew teeth implants for victim of 'Beast'
One of the most badly treated victims of the man dubbed the Beast of Blenheim can finally smile again, despite his pending release.The woman, known by her first name Lorraine, was one of 42 victims of...
View ArticleMeet the woman who got him
Forty-two women and children - those are the casualties of Stuart Murray Wilson. At least, those are the ones police know about. They were drugged and raped. Some suffered despicable indecencies and...
View ArticleHoliday ends with a ticket
A couple returned from holiday to find the local council had painted no-parking road markings around their vehicle - and given them a parking ticket for violating the new rules.Wellington designer...
View ArticleNever mind the big wet... here comes the sun
It won't be a sizzler, but at least we'll see the sun this summer. Much of the country emerged from the record-breakingly bad 2011-12 Kiwi summer feeling shortchanged as grey skies blanketed most of...
View ArticleMissing woman's dark history revealed
Troubling details have emerged about the complicated life of missing woman Rae Portman.The 33-year-old was last seen at the Mt Albert Motor Inn on New North Rd on June 20.She has not made contact with...
View ArticleWoman leaves Sharples' office but minister won't discuss reasons
A young woman who has quit her job in Dr Pita Sharples' ministerial office is understood to be unhappy with the minister's attitude.Ariaan Gage-Dingle, 26, is the daughter of mountaineer Graeme Dingle....
View ArticleKiwi drug mule seeks love
A Kiwi drug smuggler is advertising for partners, penpals and cash on a jailhouse internet dating site from her US prison.Kirsty Harris was jailed after trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine from South...
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