'Working 100 hours a week', businessman blames stress from pandemic on child porn offending
The man will now be registered on the child sex offender register.
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Altered sentence for man whose meth importation trial was eclipsed by Joseph Parker suppression battle
Tevita Kulu was sentenced in 2019 to 18 years' prison for the "home-grown" operation.
Vaccine mandate lifted for border and Corrections workers
Vaccine mandate lifted for border and Corrections workers.
$9m meth bust: 62kg of drugs seized by Customs, man in court
Man, 31, appeared in Auckland District Court this morning.
Man caught allegedly smuggling 2kg of meth in luggage at Auckland Airport
It's the first seizure of drugs from a passenger since the border was reopened.
Danish adventurer fights his way into New Zealand as part of world-first trip
The Dane will enter New Zealand as a cargo ship passenger.
Budget 2022: $10m to crack down on tobacco smuggling spike
The funding will enhance specialist investigations and enforcement within NZ Customs.
Cocaine smuggling bust: Colombians face lengthy wait for trial
Charges relating to bringing 50kg of the drug to NZ have been denied.
Chris Hipkins: Growth in public service is good
OPINION: Public Service Minister explains a good public service is a core Labour value.
The investigators who found a way to make their values pay
Meet Pathfinder Labs - where work means making a living out of your core values.
'Oh god, oh god': Ex-teacher jailed for child sex abuse images
Graham Snell had fantasies about abusing the children he taught at school.
Drug money used to fund anti-drug initiatives
New Zealand's criminals have helped pay for a range of community programmes this year.
MIQ gatecrashing family: Emails reveal officials' fears about 'loophole'
'I hope they don't post anything on how they managed to skirt the system."
Customs doesn't know what tikanga principles it breached in sacking worker
Former employee who refused to get vaccinated has taken Customs to the Employment Court.
Exotic plant smuggler: Man fined $5K after trying to import overseas plants
Scott Peters attempted to import eight international plants into the country.
Wanted: Global manhunt for NZ gangster on the run
Image of fugitive Shane Ngakuru published for the first time.
How Golden Triangle superlabs and Kiwi gangs are getting meth on NZ streets at record levels
New smuggling routes and methods uncovered in Herald on Sunday probe.
700kg of cocaine seized at border 'destined for another country'
Experts suspect cocaine seized on a ship docked in Tauranga was destined for elsewhere.
Whangarei gunman called friends and family after killing two property managers
Quinn Patterson's body was later found in the charred remains of his rental property.
Alleged meth cook further remanded in custody to await jury trial
Whangārei man accused of cooking meth for gang and conspiracy to sell it is refused bail
'Nonsensical': More than 30,000 rapid tests seized at border
Is Australia winning the RAT race? Seized rapid tests slammed after school denied.
Nearly 50 Kiwis arrested, six children rescued in massive child sex abuse images inquiry
Inquiry uncovered "sadistic sexual abuse, rape and torture of infants and children".
Meth, guns and a global supply chain: Five people charged for large-scale drug operation in the Hutt Valley
Three men and two women have been arrested.
Wasteful spending cops 'D' for Ministry of Health
A damning review of the Ministry of Health has questioned its wasteful spending.
$18.7m cigarette smuggling case: Businesswoman jailed, millions in assets forfeited
More than 19 million smokes were unlawfully shipped from China over four years.
Two arrested on drug charges after raid of New Lynn address
A 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman will appear in Waitākere District Court today.
Two more arrests after Northland drug raids involving Police and Customs
More arrests from alleged Northland-based drug importation ring
Black market businessman: Prison for Auckland's 'little prince of counterfeit cigarettes'
Han Zhang said he turned to the cigarette scheme after struggling to get a mortgage.
The quiet new criminal masterminds: Police boss warns of different breed
Stealthy, modest, and dangerous: Warning gang 'fixation' misses true crime boss reality.
The 5-year hunt for Comancheros gang boss
Exclusive: NZ in talks with Turkey over return of 'international commander'.
Cocaine smuggling bust: Colombians claim innocence
Smugglers are alleged to have brought around 50kg of cocaine into NZ.
Cocaine bust: Arrested Colombians named for first time
Arrests came after one of NZ's biggest ever drug busts.
Meth bust: Airport baggage handlers smuggle 250kg this year
Hundreds of kilos were allegedly imported from Malaysia this year.
Poll reveals public's view on vaccine mandates
It comes as mandates kick in this week for health and education workers.