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Owaka apprentice gets $17k payout over sacking
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Owaka apprentice gets $17k payout over sacking
An Owaka apprentice mechanic has been paid $17,000 after he was illegally sacked for losing his driver’s licence.
Felicity Dear
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Dunedin rapist preyed on teenage girls
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Dunedin rapist preyed on teenage girls
A Dunedin man who raped two girls, violated one while driving his moped, and said "having sex was like a competition" has been jailed for seven years.
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Would-be cop avoids sex assault conviction
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Would-be cop avoids sex assault conviction
A man who indecently assaulted a 5-year-old boy has escaped a criminal conviction because he wants to be a police officer.
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Businessman must keep paying estranged wife’s wages
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Businessman must keep paying estranged wife’s wages
An Oamaru businessman will have to continue paying his estranged wife, whom he fired amid an acrimonious split, after dropping an appeal.
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Farmer appealing fine for underpaying staff
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Farmer appealing fine for underpaying staff
A Southland dairy farmer fined $215,000 for ripping off his migrant workers is appealing the penalty, which he says he cannot afford to pay.
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Man ‘at a loss’ as to why he bit his 2-month-old child
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Man ‘at a loss’ as to why he bit his 2-month-old child
A man who bit his 2-month old daughter is "at a loss" to explain why he did it, a court has heard.
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Balclutha granddad jailed for 9th drink-driving conviction
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Balclutha granddad jailed for 9th drink-driving conviction
A few beers before driving home has landed a Balclutha man behind bars.
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Son swindles elderly mum out of $50,000
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Son swindles elderly mum out of $50,000
An Invercargill man swindled his elderly mother out of $50,000 over three years, including while she was in hospital.
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Man burgled dead hoarder’s house
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Man burgled dead hoarder’s house
Stamps, cutlery and motorcycle parts were among the items a Dunedin man stole from a dead hoarder’s house.
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Dunedin strangler jailed despite anti-violence sessions
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Dunedin strangler jailed despite anti-violence sessions
After strangling his partner, a Dunedin man attended more than 70 Stopping Violence sessions, but it did not save him from being locked up.
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Attack on officers at alcohol checkpoint admitted
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Attack on officers at alcohol checkpoint admitted
A Dunedin man has admitted attacking three police officers at an alcohol checkpoint, forcing them to Taser him.
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Man taped knife to pole ready for fight
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Man taped knife to pole ready for fight
A Dunedin man taped a blade to a metre-long metal pipe in preparation for a fight with his friend, a court has heard.
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Campaigning Dunedin dad denies assaulting police
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Campaigning Dunedin dad denies assaulting police
A Dunedin father who campaigned for road safety after his daughter died in a car crash has denied assaulting arresting officers after crashing his car.
Accused rescue chopper thief keeps identity secret
Accused rescue chopper thief keeps identity secret
A man who allegedly stole life-saving medicine from a Dunedin rescue helicopter can keep his identity a secret after he “played ball” with the court process.
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'You had perfected the art of seducing children'
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Sex offender tried to bribe his victim into silence
An Otago sex offender groomed his young victim, hacked his devices and bribed him to keep quiet while on bail for similar offending.
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Man’s conduct ‘exemplary’ before murder
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Man’s conduct ‘exemplary’ before murder
The parole board believed Naya Wharekura knew how to "keep himself and the community safe" before it released him from prison early and he murdered someone.
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Justice but no ‘closure’ after killer jailed
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Justice but no ‘closure’ after killer jailed
The high-school sweetheart of a man stabbed to death on an Invercargill street says she will never have closure — even after his killer was jailed for life.
'Worst of humanity': Invercargill murderer jailed for 13 years
'Worst of humanity': Invercargill murderer jailed for 13 years
The family of a murdered Invercargill man have labelled his killer 'the worst of humanity" and said they "hate that you exist in this world".
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Man vowed to shoot up police station
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Man vowed to shoot up police station
A Dunedin man with a violent criminal history threatened to shoot up the police station "just like Tarrant", a court has heard.
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Child-abuse image offender released
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Child-abuse image offender released
A Dunedin man caught with 11,000 child exploitation images has been released from prison but will be supervised while using the internet.