Articles by George Block, NZ Herald
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Crime
Gulf Harbour body in bag: Trio in court charged with manslaughter
Friday, 8 November 2024, 3:24pmThree people have appeared in court to deny manslaughter after the remains of a woman were found in a bag floating off Gulf...
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Crime
Judge issues minute explaining why Polkinghorne trial won't sit today
Monday, 9 September 2024, 9:49amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The murder trial of Philip Polkinghorne, the Remuera eye surgeon accused of killing his wife...
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Crime
Teenager accused of Grey Lynn murder keeps name secret against wishes of police
Monday, 9 September 2024, 9:31amA 19-year-old man has appeared in the Auckland District Court today charged with murdering Maxwel-Dee Repia in Grey Lynn...
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Politics
Greens called voters during today's campaign blackout, potentially breaching law
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 7:14pmA volunteer for the Green Party made calls urging people to vote during the Election Day campaigning blackout. The message...
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Crime
The MDMA in the juice bottle: Auckland drug runner jailed for cartel role
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 11:31amA former Auckland drug runner who served as a minion in one of New Zealand’s largest ever syndicates has been sentenced to...
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Crime
Why jailed radio host Nate Nauer could serve home detention as prison term cut
Friday, 11 August 2023, 9:57amA High Court Judge has concluded disgraced Mai FM host Nate Nauer is eligible for home detention, but only if he can come...
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Crime
Mt Roskill murder trial aborted, judge slams ‘grossly inadequate’ police disclosure
Friday, 4 August 2023, 9:28amThe trial of three men accused of murdering young Auckland barber Brian James in a Mt Roskill home invasion in 2021 has been...
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Crime
North Shore restaurant rampage accused remains ‘acutely psychotic’
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 9:47amPolice have laid five new charges against the man accused of attacking diners at multiple North Shore restaurants with an...
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Crime
MDMA in a juice bottle, Brazilian cocaine: drug syndicate’s second last holdout pleads guilty in Auckland
Friday, 23 June 2023, 10:49amAmong the last defendants charged as part of a major police investigation into a sprawling drug syndicate has pleaded guilty...
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National
Former political figure charged with historical abuse fights to keep name secret, citing election
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 12:42pmA former senior political figure heading to trial on charges of abusing teen boys in West Auckland and Waikato is battling...
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Crime
Ten crack commandments: Auckland boy turned drug syndicate mastermind jailed for life
Friday, 9 June 2023, 12:21pmIn his heyday Xavier Valent travelled the world pulling the strings of a syndicate that flooded New Zealand with meth and...
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Crime
Police charge woman five months after man's death in car park
Friday, 9 June 2023, 8:51amFive months and one day after Joe Hart suffered fatal injuries in mysterious circumstances in an Ōrewa car park, police have...
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Crime
Killer Beez member stabbed inside boarding house after 36 RTDs
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 1:21pmThe sentencing of a former Mongrel Mob man who stabbed a Killer Beez member in the head after a fight over $50 has revealed...
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Crime
Auckland toddler murder: Man jailed for ‘callous, brutal’ killing during lockdown
Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:39amA man who was found guilty of beating a 2-year-old girl to death in Weymouth during Auckland’s lockdown, leaving her covered...
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Crime
Identity of Auckland media personality who laundered cash for Comancheros revealed
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 10:08amThe Auckland media personality who helped launder hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money for the Comancheros was...
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Crime
Man who menaced motorists, police officers with high-powered laser sentenced
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 8:49amA man who targeted motorists on the Auckland Harbour Bridge and several police officers with a high-powered laser has been...
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Crime
'You destroyed my family’: Emotional scenes as man who murdered teen sentenced
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:01amA man who murdered a 16-year-old girl during a methamphetamine binge by strangling her in a car before dumping her lifeless...
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Crime
Auckland man who ran over and killed partner on Christmas Day gets home detention
Friday, 21 April 2023, 2:46pmA man who accidentally ran over and killed his partner on Christmas Day 2021 has had his sentence of a little over two years...
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National
Starship Hospital baby death: Man accused of killing son named
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 9:46amA Waikato man accused of murder following the death of his infant son last year can now be named. He is Tipene Te Ahuru,...
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Auckland
Beach Haven stabbing: Teens accused of murdering Joshuah Tasi plead not guilty
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 9:47amThe two teenagers accused of the murder of Joshuah Tasi in Beach Haven earlier this month have appeared in the Auckland High...
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Crime
Gang war: Charges dropped against prominent Auckland 501 and Rebels MC figure
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 9:48amA prominent 501 deportee has had organised crime and drugs charges laid following a gang war in Auckland dropped - while...
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News
'Crass, disgraceful': Man sentenced for violent threats against radio star Mike Hosking, cops
Friday, 13 January 2023, 1:56pmA man convicted of threatening grievous bodily harm against Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking, several police officers and others...
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Crime
New details on poker house heist: Cash taken at gunpoint in raid of suburban home
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 9:10amAn armed trio held a group of gamblers at gunpoint before stealing thousands in cash from an unlicensed poker house in Auckland,...
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National
'Thank you Corrections': Notorious gang member laughs in court as sentence handed down
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 12:41pmA Killer Beez gang member convicted of the manslaughter of a prison guard has been sentenced to 13 months for threatening...
