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| Tactless judge horrifies parents |
| The parents of a five-year-old European girl who was raped at a Turangi campground are horrified by a judge's comments that her alleged attacker looked "very smart".The parents urged Judge Jocelyn Munro to consider their daughter's... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Three families grieve after drownings |
| Three families were grieving last night after a horror day on the water brought three separate drownings.A male swimmer in his 50s died after suffering a heart attack while competing in the 2.5km Taupo Epic open water swim yesterday.Organisers... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Family missing $23k after building project quashed |
| A young Auckland family are the latest to be left out of pocket by a man who has a history of criminal and dishonest offending dating back 30 years.The Taylor family paid Helensville builder Grant Norman King $23,500 to build a... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Two children critical after crash |
| Two children were fighting for their lives last night after a horror holiday crash involving a family of five.A stunned local watched a car weave across the centre line on State Highway 16, north of Auckland, before zig-zagging... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Club's booby prize lacking full support |
| Suggestions that a "win yourself a set of boobs" competition, organised by a strip club, will benefit breast cancer survivors has caused outrage this week.Calendar Girls strip club in Auckland is advertising the ultimate booby prize... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Suspicions surround 'death' at sea of wanted yachtsman |
| A Kiwi missing off a yacht in the Pacific is under suspicion of faking his death to escape sex charges.The man called for help from a yacht about 20 nautical miles south of the Cook Islands on January 3. Rescuers found the 36-foot... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Doctor's melanoma showed no outward signs |
| A family doctor who died from cancerous melanoma had no outward sign of the deadly disease.Auckland GP Christine Morgan-Conquer died on New Year's Day after a two-year battle. The respected doctor suspected something was wrong when... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Art sleuths pinpoint wandering sculpture |
| The orange and yellow wooden temple designed as a public artwork has had a rough life so far.It's been tipped upside down, set on fire, stomped on, moved to two different sites and stolen. And it might never have been seen again... |
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Published: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:30 a.m. |
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| Dispute over stabbing events leads to resentencing |
| A robber who stabbed a Napier storekeeper will have to be resentenced because a judge failed to resolve a dispute over what happened. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 12:34 p.m. |
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