Violent Bay of Plenty hostage-taker Jade Mellow gets an extra 15 months added to jail sentence
About 10pm that night, Mellow was parked in a car near Edgecumbe with a cut-down .22 calibre rifle,…
Fugitive Ayom Wek on run for 12 months in connection with $1.8m scam surrenders to Auckland police
The then 31-year-old was charged with 33 counts of money laundering and one of receiving stolen funds linked…
FreshChoice opening in former Smith City store in Rotorua Central Mall
Woolworths New Zealand, formerly branded as Countdown, owns the FreshChoice supermarket franchise, which is locally operated by individual…
Four dolphins found dead in Huon Aquaculture salmon farm pens during six month period
Four dolphins have died in the first half of the year after becoming entangled at salmon farms in…
Parents speak out after Christchurch woman’s ‘horrible’ eating disorder death
Jayne Ferguson died in July 2025 after suffering from a serious eating disorder. Her parents say she did…
Rotorua tanker crash: Diesel spill leaves human, cultural and financial costs
Fraser said immediate containment was in place, but full recovery “may take weeks or months depending on environmental…
Hyenas maul camper during stag do at nature reserve
The 27-year-old’s father Colin was woken by the sound of screaming and fighting outside. “A second hyena grabbed…
New Zealand’s most hit overbridge: Is it time to close the road?
Currently, it is closed to vehicles for repair after being hit by an excavator being towed on a…
‘Could be out there for months’: Criminologist on the search for alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman
Freeman, formerly known as Filby, had a history of animosity towards the police. He allegedly opened fire on…
Reporter’s unsettling encounters with alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman in Victoria, Australia
An Instagram account with the handle @freenedi, understood to belong to Freeman, commented on another user’s post on…
Nobody’s Girl: Prince Andrew’s sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir to be published
Publisher Alfred A Knopf said Giuffre completed the manuscript before she died in April. The publisher’s statement includes…
Woman’s domestic violence strangulation account played at Auckland murder trial
“Things like this have happened quite a lot, and because of what I know, everything, I didn’t react…