A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Christchurch woman Angela Maree Blackmoore 24 years ago. In October, the 45-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman - both with name suppression - were charged in Christchurch District Court in connection......
A victim of New Zealand's largest Ponzi scheme says he wants to believe David Ross is sorry, but knows he is a prolific liar. Ross, the former director of failed company Ross Asset Management, was jailed in November 2013 for 10 years and 10 months,......
A prominent Māori performing arts educator, Donna Mariana Grant, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a whare wānanga and the Tertiary Education Commission out of $1.25 million. Grant, 61 - the daughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison - pleaded guilty......
The former private secretary to the Māori King has pleaded guilty to six charges of fraud which include taking over $27,000 for a gastric bypass. Te Rangihiroa Whakaruru, 56, pleaded guilty to five charges of obtaining by deception, and one charge......
A teenage driver who killed another motorist while fleeing the police in Christchurch has been sentenced to two years and eight months' jail. The 18-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter and reckless driving causing injury over the......
One person has died at the scene of a house fire in Tokomaru Bay, on the East Coast early this morning. Firefighters were called to the house on Tawhiti Street about 2am. Fire and Emergency says the fire is being treated as suspicious. It has a team......
