Pair in legal stoush over sacking
Pair in legal stoush over sacking
The man behind a popular Oamaru brewery is embroiled in a legal stoush with his wife after firing her amid an acrimonious split.
Felicity Dear
Duty manager stole $20,000 from pub
Duty manager stole $20,000 from pub
The duty manager at a Catlins pub who swindled more than $20,000 from her employer did it because she was worried she would ‘‘lose everything’’.
Toxic discharge ‘highly careless’
Toxic discharge ‘highly careless’
A Southland dairy-farming imam has been fined more than $70,000 for his environmental calamities.
Farmer fined $71k for environmental breaches
Southland dairy farmer fined $71k for environmental breaches
An embattled Southland dairy farmer has been fined more than $70,000 for his environmental calamities.
Home detention for ‘cruel’ violent robbery
Home detention for ‘cruel’ violent robbery
An Invercargill teenager was held at knifepoint, robbed and had her braces ripped off her teeth with pliers in a meth-fuelled attack.
Farmer faces $1.8m in fines for breaches
Dairy farmer faces $1.8m in fines for environmental breaches
A Southland dairy farmer has admitted breaching his environmental obligations just months after he was sentenced for ripping off his employees.
Man who killed baby daughter to stay in jail
Man who killed baby daughter to stay in jail
An Invercargill man who killed his baby daughter will remain behind bars at least until next year.
Man acquitted of manslaughter of 78-year-old
Man acquitted of manslaughter of 78-year-old
An Invercargill man who fatally pushed a 78-year-old after an argument over a courtesy coach has been acquitted of manslaughter.
Fatal push case: verdict being decided
Fatal push case: verdict being decided
A jury is deciding if a man who pushed a 78-year-old during a row over a courtesy coach, resulting in the 78-year-old’s death, is guilty of manslaughter.
Defendant says he was shocked at man’s death
Defendant says he was shocked at man’s death
An Invercargill man charged with manslaughter was shocked he pushed a 78-year-old to his death, a court has heard.
Push that killed man was justified: defendant
Push that killed man was justified: defendant
A row over a courtesy coach outside an Invercargill pub led to a 78-year-old man being pushed to his death, a jury has heard.
Snooker champion sent to prison for child abuse
'Toxic and evil': National snooker champion sent to prison for child abuse
A national snooker champion who sexually abused a child for five years has been labelled "disgustingly toxic and evil" by the mother of the victim.
‘Disgustingly toxic, evil’ man pleads guilty to abuse
‘Disgustingly toxic, evil’ man pleads guilty to abuse
A national snooker champion who sexually abused a child for five years has been labelled "disgustingly toxic and evil" by the mother of the victim.
Raising trial-by-jury threshold ‘blunt tool’
Raising trial-by-jury threshold ‘blunt tool’
The government’s plan to clear the backlogged court system has been condemned by a legal expert as a "blunt tool".
'I want the world to be protected from him'
'A complete shock to us all': Former firefighter sentenced for indecent act
A retired firefighter who attended children’s events with restored vintage fire engines has been sentenced for indecent behaviour with a young girl.
'I want the world to be protected from him'
Retired fireman sentenced for indecent act
A retired Dunedin firefighter who attended children’s events with restored vintage fire engines has been sentenced for indecent behaviour with a young girl.
3-D gunmaker's hobby 'actually illegal'
Jailed for 3-D printing firearms
An Otago man has become the first in New Zealand to be sentenced for manufacturing firearms after using a 3-D printer to make six weapons.
Large fine for ill-treating ewe
Large fine for ill-treating ewe
A sheep had to be put down after a Morven farmer allowed it to become entangled in scrap fencing wire.
'She enjoys deceit': Dunedin woman's million-dollar family betrayal
'She enjoys deceit': Dunedin woman's million-dollar family betrayal
Felicity Dear reports on a Dunedin woman’s million-dollar swindle and a family ripped apart by her persistent dishonesty.
Jailed after stealing nearly $1m from mother
Jailed after stealing nearly $1m from mother
A man who missed out on a full inheritance after his sister stole almost $1 million from their mother says it is "a slap in the face" she was not ordered to repay it.