A former Auckland University student will have to serve 13 years in an American jail after pleading guilty to attacking a 35-weeks pregnant woman with a Taser in the United States

Offers of money, free accommodation, clothes, food and even a paraglider have been pouring in for Canadian Caitlin Hardie.

Canadian Caitlin Hardie had been in NZ less than two hours when her belongings were stolen.

John Gray, the former accountant for collapsed finance company National Finance 2000 has been sentenced to 18 months prison for theft and false accounting. He was granted bail while he appeals his sentence.

Thieves have stolen thousands of wedding and honeymoon shots from newlyweds holidaying in New Zealand.