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The historic disappearance of Mona Blades who vanished 38 years ago while hitchhiking from Hamilton to Hastings has been re-opened following reports of an abandoned car said to be similar to the last car Ms Blades was seen getting into.
The 18-...
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Leah Wai Peneha, a woman who killed two people by driving the wrong way along a Wellington motorway while on P, has had a request to drink alcohol while on parole declined.
Peneha, a disqualified driver, killed two people on State Highway 2 near ...
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A judge has condemned a serial paedophile's offending as horrific and utterly depraved as he sentenced him to preventive detention for at least 20 years.Justice Edwin Wylie said a finite prison sentence would not be sufficient to protect society fr...
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A man who killed his second wife and was convicted of the manslaughter of another partner has been denied parole.
Malcolm Alan Francis, in his 60s, was convicted and sentenced in 2003 for the death of 37-year-old Wathanak Tea two years earlier.
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A Hawke's Bay man who lured a teenager to his house for a modelling shoot has been found guilty of sexually violating the young man. It took the jury less than two hours to deliver a verdict.
Judge Raoul Neave granted the 42-year-old enterta...
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A man who filmed up the skirts of women shopping in Napier is facing a possible prison sentence.Richard Snook, 42, bought a video camera at a Napier pawnbroker on January 31, put it in his bag and wandered around town getting as close as he could t...
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A Hastings man guilty of nearly 70 child porn-related charges will be sentenced today.
Aaron John Ellmers, 41, played a role in a global paedophilia ring, which included filming his own sexual abuse of children and distributing it online.
He admi...
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Heading to the Monster Truck Show in Napier Shane McKay couldn't believe his eyes as he saw his beloved stolen speed boat being towed in the opposite direction.
The Okawa Bay boat owner said the boat named Jessie James, which was once a well known...
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Three Hawke's Bay Regional Prison officers were attacked while they prepared an inmate for transfer to another facility - one of the officers requiring hospital treatment while a second was left with minor injuries which were treated at the scene.
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Greens justice spokesperson Dave Clendon says the prospect of a 21-year-old mugger going to jail for 14 years under the three strikes law shows how the law is flawed.
Hastings man Elijah Whaanga has been sentenced to two years' jail for aggravated...
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A Mongrel Mob leader with a long list of convictions for violence has been freed on parole after vowing to change his ways.
Sonny Charlton Kaori Smith, 48, was freed in January, two years after he was sentenced to eight years' jail for wounding ...
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Moana Park Winery have been delt a devastating blow as staff arrived Saturday morning to find $150, 000 worth of wine spilled on the ground.
Vandals had smashed their way in and released the valve on one of the wineries largest tank's of merlot.
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