NZ’s biggest illegal lottery: Organiser sentenced for $11m operation; Are older drivers more dangerous? What data shows as NZ’s population ages; Restaurant, owner to pay $400,000 for ‘ruthless’ migrant exploitation.<\/p>\n
NZ’s biggest illegal lottery: Organiser sentenced for $11m operation<\/p>\n
In a New Zealand first, a Canterbury man has been sentenced to six months’ community detention and 250 hours of community service for running the country\u2019s biggest illegal lottery.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old generated $11m in little over a year, and was charged under the Gambling Act by the Department of Internal Affairs in the first prosecution of its kind.<\/p>\n
Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Are older drivers more dangerous? What data shows as NZ’s population ages<\/p>\n An 83-year-old has been charged after a crash that killed a woman at a caf\u00e9 earlier this year, bringing renewed attention to the growing number of elderly drivers on our roads.<\/p>\n Over the past decade, the number of licensed drivers aged 75 and over has jumped 53%, far exceeding the 17% growth in the total licensed driving population, according to figures obtained by 1News.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Restaurant, owner to pay $400,000 for ‘ruthless’ migrant exploitation<\/p>\n An Auckland restaurant and its former owner “ruthlessly exploited” vulnerable migrant employees, leaving them underpaid and forced to take out personal loans.<\/p>\n The Indian Taste and its former sole director, Krishna Khandelwal, must now pay almost $400,000 in arrears and penalties for its “persistent” and “deliberate” breaking of employment law.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Watch: Upgraded warnings as low brings heavy rain, big swells and strong winds<\/p>\n MetService has the latest watches and warnings as the low moves in.<\/p>\n