
'Profound betrayal': Couple lose $165k in 'callous' business-share scam by trusted friend
The immigrant couple said they took their friend at her word, and lost their life savings.
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Zahn Reidy's near 12-hour spree cost his victims more than $30,000.
Kelvin James Wikaira involved his family in the multimillion-dollar drug operation.
The 27-year-old also distributed nearly 18,000 child exploitation files to other people.
The person was arrested in relation to undisclosed items found at the property.
Boy Taylor was repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on during an attack in Napier.
A police search found five firearms, ammunition and body armour in the 51-year-old's home.
Ngakau Hailey was doing a wheelie on his dirt bike when Amal Salad failed to give way.
Panapa Fagaio's victims thought of him 'like a brother'.
Officers will monitor May weekend rides in Counties Manukau and Auckland City.
Shannon Brady fatally hit Nicholas Baldwin, but a jury found it was not intentional.
Decision greeted with 'huge relief' by lawyers representing victims' families.
Stefan Hannon-McGinn and Ethan Howe are accused of murdering Sidney Ross Bridson.
The man had covered his tracks using stolen number plates.
Judging the judges: some complaints against judges are upheld, most are dismissed.
Pamela Cossill, 38, spent the money on gambling and maintaining her household.
Kaci Tauroa's 'prolonged course of very bad driving' resulted in a deadly crash on SH1.
Two of the four men who attacked Boy Taylor received injuries from broken glass.
Donny Moses' defence says sex was consensual and the young woman later regretted it.
Brooklyn Izzak Jenkins has admitted shooting his brother on a remote Northland roadside.
Canada has surprisingly emerged as one of the largest pipelines of meth in recent years.
The judge found there was a risk he wouldn't be able to travel with a second conviction.
The 18-year-old says she woke to repeated assaults as she vomited and cried.
The woman, in her 40s, put money from a Waikato organisation into her personal accounts.
Alicia Te Papa put items in a trolley then walked out of the store without paying.
It was envisioned as an elite hit squad and a US Marine was flown here to make it happen.
One of four men accused of a Napier murder said the victim 'instigated the whole thing'.
'This offence uprooted my entire life,' his latest victim said.
Daniel Ngatai says he's a changed man but it wasn't enough to keep him out of prison.
Frank Milosevic and son Slobodan will lose their family homes, High Court judge rules.