Operation Avon: Comancheros Christchurch secretary Kelvin James Wikaira jailed for drugs
His downfall came with the police’s Operation Avon, in which 21 were arrested as officers executed dozens of…
South Auckland dancer jailed for indecent assaults on teen performers
Another has described the trauma as leaving her broken, hollow and living with flashbacks. Fagaio, now 21, was…
Kaci Tauroa jailed over dangerous driving causing the death of her 10-year-old brother Jax Tauroa-Wall
As Raukawa read that portion of the letter in the Taupō District Court today, Tauroa wept in the…
Rotorua Trigg Ave death: Deziah Rangitoheriri jailed for 18 months for ‘instigator’ role
One is set to defend a charge of murder at trial, and the other three, including Rangitoheriri, admitted…
Anna Browne court challenge: Life-sentence inmate fights prison phone cap
Powell is asking the High Court for a declaration of unlawfulness and wants the policy to be quashed.…
Christchurch court jails Blair Noble for AI-generated ‘mash-up’ of child exploitation material
His partner at the time opened one of the phones, saw the material, then went to the police.…
Mehul Kathri Chethri jailed, faces deportation over doing and filming indecent acts on sleeping girl
Kathri Chethri fled the room, and the girl told her parents, who reported the matter to the police.…
Serial shoplifter Anna Salari’s long list of victims as she’s jailed for latest spree
She targeted those stores nearly 60 times, stealing items worth a total of just under $25,000. The breadth…
Megan Aitken jailed after fight outside Nelson MSD office leaves victim with smashed teeth
The victim of Aitken’s violence offending outside the MSD office had a dental bill of $1225, but the…
Rotorua man James Tatham-Tahere jailed for indecent assault on teenage girl
Wickliffe said the Rotorua man, aged 21 at the time of offending, had an “unhealthy and disturbing” preoccupation…
Police believe Jeremy Frank Hobbs, jailed over sexual assaults, may have had more victims
“We want to acknowledge the bravery of the survivors of Hobbs’ abuse but recognise there may be other…
‘Ketamine Queen’ who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry jailed for 15 years
Dr Salvador Plasencia, who admitted four counts of distribution of ketamine in the weeks before Perry’s death, was…