Nadia Ana Peek, 36, pleaded guilty in the Gore District Court to two charges of obtaining by deception.
Peek had two months added to her current prison term, which was one year and eight months, by Judge Mark Williams.
What Peek was in prison for was not stated in court.
New Zealand-born Peek had over 90 convictions from when she lived in Australia, including 22 for violence, 17 drug charges and 12 of breaching bail, the court heard.
It is not clear how long she has been back in New Zealand, but in 2023 it was reported she appeared in court in Toowomba, Australia, for stealing an intellectually impaired friend’s phone and pawning it in 2022.
She did not face a penalty for that crime as the phone was returned and she could not repay the $130 she had sold it for, however the court noted she was already incarcerated at the time of her appearance and was to be deported upon her release from prison.
Peek also faced multiple charges in Australia in 2020, including deprivation of liberty — a charge where someone confined, detained or by other means stripped a person of their freedom — serious assault of a person over 60 and obstructing police.
Last year, in Mataura, the defendant twice took most of her victim’s pension payment.
On December 15, 2025, Peek approached the victim and falsely claimed she had deposited her pay into his bank account.
The defendant asked for the victim’s bank card.
The victim believed the defendant had deposited her pay into his account, and handed it over.
At 7.20pm the defendant went to ASB bank in Gore, and withdrew $660 from the victim’s bank account.
On January 26, the defendant approached the same victim and said she had transferred funds to his account, and the victim obliged for a second time.
This time, Peek took $860 from the victim’s bank account, again, without permission, the police summary read.
Judge Williams said the recent offending was a "premeditated calculation."
"The victim supplied their bank card to you on the belief you deposited," the judge said.
