Open Justice multimedia journalist, Palmerston North
Jeremy Wilkinson is an Open Justice reporter at the New Zealand Herald. Jeremy has a degree in communications and linguistics and a post-graduate diploma in journalism from Massey University. From there he cut his teeth at the Taranaki Daily News, before specialising in energy markets at Freeman Media and then onto Radio New Zealand to produce its flagship Morning Report show. He’s also worked on the other side of the fence for the police before seeing the light and returning to media to focus on telling crime and justice stories. Jeremy’s primary area of interest is in covering disciplinary tribunals which govern every profession we have in this country from vets to builders, lawyers to accountants and even jockeys. The Open Justice project has allowed him the time to go to these obscure hearings and uncover stories about lawyers stealing form their clients, realtors lying about the condition of the homes they’re selling and builders who cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and then skip the country. Jeremy is based in Manawatū and covers the district and higher courts in the area. You can contact Jeremy at jeremy.wilkinson@nzme.co.nz.
Karen Aim's teen killer, who spent more than half his life in prison, denied parole
Jahche Broughton beat tourist Karen Aim to death with a baseball bat when he was just 14.
Top jockey caught with cocaine in his system claims he mistakenly ingested it in a drink
The A-class jockey has now been given his second ban from the sport since 2021.
Police chose not to charge teacher with child exploitation material on his school laptop
Tribunal says teacher's claim of lack of interest in pornography 'unbelievable'.
Lawyer who strangled girlfriend allowed to practise again under new name
'A criminal should not be permitted to defend other criminals, it's as simple as that.'
Landlord tried to evict disabled car crash victim for not keeping rental clean
The tenant would have been left homeless if the landlord had been successful.
Luxury hotel puts $50k into the wrong account - now the other company won't give it back
Hamilton Movers paid back $20k but won't say where the remaining $50k is.
Engineer pleads guilty over fraudulently signing off homes
Hundreds of homes across the country are affected by the engineering forgeries.
Builder skips country after $140k botch-job
The walls of the newly built house were so out of line the roof wouldn’t fit on.
Christine Rankin takes employer to court over $100k salary - board claims there was no job offer
The prominent civil servant was allegedly offered a job without the foundation knowing.
'Lost his moral compass': Ex-councillor struck off from practising law
Duncan Takena Stirling misappropriated $100,000 from his firm's trust account.