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North Otago farmer admits breaking cows’ tails
The dairy downturn has been partly blamed for the pressure that led to a North Otago stockman who has admitted breaking the tails of 48 dairy cows. The 37-year-old farm employee and father of four...
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Woman alleges repeated abuse by travelling companion
A foreign woman spent almost a year travelling New Zealand with a man who is now accused of repeatedly assaulting, tying up, and raping her. The two had an itinerant lifestyle, often living as freedom...
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‘Cold turkey’ drug offender heading for rehab
A West Coast drug offender who wanted locked up to go “cold turkey” has been wished luck by a judge who has released him into a rehabilitation programme. Twenty-two-year-old Andy Junior Halliday had...
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Barrington ram-raid alleged
A man facing 10 charges, including an alleged ram-raiding of Anderson and Hill sportswear at Barrington Shopping Centre, was denied bail in the Christchurch District Court. It is alleged Joseph Senior,...
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North Canterbury chase driver jailed
A man has been jailed for three years for a dangerous high-speed chase across North Canterbury in heavy traffic last September while he was trying to hide from police. Kyle James Clarke, 23, was...
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‘Fake’ social worker indecently touched boy, Crown alleges
A Christchurch man who allegedly pretended to be a social worker to befriend five troubled teens has gone on trial for sexual grooming and indecency with a 13-year-old boy who was part of the group....
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Teen tells of man ‘being weird’ during home visit
A 15-year-old runaway has told of a man who said he was a social worker “being real weird” when he took a group of teenagers to his Aranui house. The teenager – who has automatic name suppression as a...
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Warning for teen over infected blood assault
A teenager who admitted five assaults – including flicking Hepatitis-infected blood in a woman’s face – has been given a community-based sentence but warned that he must control his temper. The warning...
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Evidence fabricated by teens, defence claims
A man accused of posing as a social worker to meet young people claims the teenagers gave fabricated evidence against him at his Christchurch District Court jury trial. The 37-year-old man’s defence...
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Couch-surfing host faces jail time on other charges
Sex charges have been dropped against a former Christchurch couch-surfing host who was accused of preying on tourists, but he faces a likely jail term after being found guilty today on other sex...
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Teen admits armed robbery of Templeton dairy
A teenager has admitted the armed robbery of the Kirk Road dairy in Templeton on September 5. Police said Bradley Gavin Moore, an 18-year-old concrete worker, and two associates walked past the dairy...
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Alleged abuser says sex was ‘normal, consensual’
A man accused of 19 sex and violence charges against his travelling companion has given evidence that the couple had “a normal, consensual” sexual relationship. The trial of the 45-year-old man has...
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Caravan ‘squatter’ pleads guilty
A burglar caught sleeping in a caravan on a Rolleston property has pleaded guilty and now faces sentencing next month on a total of 10 charges. Raniera Smyth, 20, told police that he had been sleeping...
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Three more admit Riccarton bus lounge attack
Three men have admitted taking part in an armed gang attack at the Riccarton bus lounge on March 17. Police say five were involved in the attack, and four have now admitted their roles. One did not...
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Couple continue to deny torching car
A young Belfast couple will serve home detention together after being found guilty of torching a car in a revenge attack. They both continue to deny involvement and pointed the finger at a witness who...
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Primary school break-in admitted
Two men caught with multi plugs and cords stolen from the music room at Addington Primary School pleaded guilty to charges of burglary in the Christchurch District Court. Nathan Ihaka Te Hana, 42, and...
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Grieving family ’embraces’ driver after boy’s death
A driver who killed a two-year-old boy when his van jerked backwards unexpectedly as he started it has been “embraced” by the child’s grieving family, the Christchurch District Court was told. The...
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Jail for repeated raids on holiday home
An Oamaru man was described as the “ringleader” of a group who repeatedly burgled a holiday home at Fairlie and took property totalling $55,000 including two jetskis on a tandem trailer. Judge John...
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Claim against tourism organisation fails
A Christchurch tourism operator who challenged Christchurch Canterbury Tourism’s decision to cancel his membership has lost his civil claim and has been ordered to pay costs. Christchurch District...
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Addition to Kaikoura population — one willing worker
Kaikoura’s cut-off community clubbed together to fly a local mum to Christchurch in a Cessna for her son’s sentencing. And now creative justice will see the son, Timothy John Williams, winging his way...
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