Health and Disability Commissioner: Midwife breached patient rights over care before baby’s stillbirth
The woman, who is not identified in the HDC report, went to the same midwife who delivered her…
All Points Camping club allows convicted paedophile David Triggs to remain a member
Triggs offended against a primary-school-aged girl in Palmerston North between July 1997 and August 2000. Most of the…
Witness describes moment partner was fatally stabbed in Kaitāia beer bottle attack
Thompson is on trial for murder in the High Court at Whangārei over the 2024 incident in Kaitāia.…
Auckland man Connor Rhodes jailed for indecently assaulting four women, violating another
A month and a half later, a jury found him guilty of violating and secretly filming a fifth…
Jason Curtis jailed for 18 years for drugging, sexually violating and filming women at home
On the outside of the bag, someone had scribbled: “I think you should watch these; you’re in one…
Former Kaitāia teacher Warren Togiatama sentenced for indecent acts on child
But in March, just weeks before trial, Togiatama pleaded guilty to seven charges related to indecent acts, indecent…
Northland caregiver Susan Erutoe jailed for neglect and abuse of vulnerable adults
The charges were laid in 2022, and the couple pleaded not guilty but in March, and one week…
Woman steps in to protect baby with head injuries when Oranga Tamariki fails to act
The child protection agency has also accepted that Stephanie took on responsibilities that should have been Oranga Tamariki’s.…
Whangārei man Malcolm Granich denies knowing child sex abuse files were on SD card
Investigators gave evidence that the illicit files were all uploaded to the card on the same day, a…
Wellington abuse trial: Woman tells jury of ‘house of horrors’ violence
“We were isolated and abused in the house by him,” she told the jury in the Wellington District…
Truck driver Shamsher Singh jailed in Nelson court for raping woman met on dating app
She said she had been robbed of her voice, her rights as a woman and of the precious…
K Rd pack rape: Auckland trio jailed after German backpacker’s harrowing statement
Justice Mathew Downs later ordered substantial prison sentences for the trio – referred to in court documents as…