Man stole 333 beehives, causing $184k loss to the industry
He was stung with a hefty reparation order and 11 months' home detention.
He was stung with a hefty reparation order and 11 months' home detention.
Patrick Arahanga ran into the bakery demanding cash from the till.
Kerry Prendergast denies parking on a footpath, saying signage in the area is 'ambiguous'.
Her children were not in her care but she continued to collect the benefits.
Former Muldoon secretary and probation officer became involved with 'serious criminal'.
The men were hoping for one last chance to adjourn their sentencings but failed.
A man set fire to his ex's house after discovering she was seeing someone else.
Wiremu Birch was stabbed to death 11 years ago during a street fight in Taupō.
Peter Napier killed a motorist with his car in 1982 and then a pedestrian in 2022.
An NZ Post van and motorbike collided head-on along a rural road.
Defendant describes his criminal record as 'a colourful one - in the wrong way'.
Arohaina Henare was stabbed to death by Moses Mohi Taua in 2022.
Wiremu Birch's girlfriend has retracted most of what she's said on previous occasions.
The defence says there's another man who has escaped blame all these years.
He asked his flatmate why he had been 'tracking' him before launching the frenzied attack.
She wanted to keep her iPad and charger in her room.
More than a decade of man's 'monstrous' violence against partner and son comes to an end.
Gregory Simon punched a woman in the head before strangling and raping her.
He was jailed for life in 1995 for murdering the father of a boy he sexually abused.
A girl hid under her blanket on the floor after windows were smashed around her.
He arrived dragging a road cone under his car and left without the alcohol he wanted.
The woman went through his phone and discovered explicit images and recordings.
The man was embroiled in an international custody battle for his stepdaughter.
Around 19 workers were housed in a garage for four months. Some were without mattresses.
He became enraged when he saw the stranger holding his son's hand.
A judge said there are children all over New Zealand traumatised by domestic violence.
Now Kodee Kee-Sue has been jailed for more than 13 years.
The man was beaten, knocked off the jetty and held underwater.
The alleged offending occurred on four separate occasions over two weeks.
Southern Thompson said her difficult background and remorse warranted a greater discount.