Articles by Melissa Nightingale and Jeremy Wilkinson
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National
Woman who left 29kg mother on tarpaulin to starve to death released from prison
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4:58PMA woman who allowed her mother to starve to death, leaving her half-naked in bed on a tarpaulin with broken bones and weighing...
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Crime
'I chopped up my wife': Papatoetoe meat cleaver wife murderer to remain behind bars
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 9:32PM“I chopped up my wife,” Zeshen Zhou told police when they turned up after neighbours heard screams coming from his house. The...
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National
Infamous murderer loses legal battle over prison sex ban
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 2:34PMHigh-profile murderer and child sex offender Phillip John Smith has lost a legal battle over whether preventing men from...
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Crime
'We would like confirmation': Murdering mobster claims he's given up his gang patch
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:39PMA senior Mongrel Mob member who beat his partner to death and then left her body in a bus outside a gang pad claims he has...
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National
Lawyer at centre of 'spider's web' property conspiracy wants license back
Sunday, 12 May 2024, 2:37PMA lawyer constructed a “spider’s web” conspiracy to force a buyer out of a property deal after his client received a higher...
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National
Skeleton found after 36-year mystery: Was mum's death sinister?
Saturday, 11 May 2024, 9:39AMA DNA match has confirmed a skeleton found in a remote area of Porirua belongs to a woman who went missing from the nearby...
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National
‘Troubling parallels:’ Killer recalled to prison after fears for partner's safety
Friday, 10 May 2024, 8:38AMA man who stabbed his girlfriend to death on her birthday at a public beach has been recalled to prison over fears his new...
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National
Jailed paedophile with 'above average' risk of reoffending released four years early
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9:31AMWARNING: Graphic content A paedophile jailed after paying a woman $300 to send him a video of herself sexually abusing an...
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National
'Ignorant woman': Lawyer's comments to judge earn him suspension
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 3:02PMA lawyer who was fighting for custody of his own children and was frustrated with the process called a judge and opposing...
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National
Police ordered to pay sexual assault complainant $50k
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 1:54PMA sexual assault complainant spent years trying to extract information from the police to find out why their alleged attacker...
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National
Housekeeper's illegitimate love child wins paternity declaration
Saturday, 4 May 2024, 3:13PMAn 85-year-old woman has won a court battle that proves her lifelong suspicions that she was the illegitimate daughter of...
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National
'It makes me sick': Massage therapist filmed clients, touched them inappropriately
Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:11PMFive women have spoken about their anxiety, trust issues and disgust after it was revealed their massage therapist had been...
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National
Man jailed for role in $6m property scam to be deported
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 3:08PMA man who was jailed after concocting an elaborate $6 million property scam to defraud overseas investors has been granted...
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National
Body in Wellington Harbour: Woman formally identified
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 3:08PMA woman whose body was found in Wellington Harbour on Sunday morning has been identified as a Hutt Valley resident who had...
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National
Mum sentenced for failing to get medical care for injured baby
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 12:13PMA woman whose premature baby was injured just days after coming home from hospital for the first time has been sentenced...
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Wellington
Mystery surrounds identity of woman pulled dead from Wellington Harbour
Monday, 22 April 2024, 12:42PMA woman whose body was found in Wellington Harbour yesterday morning still hasn’t been identified, police say. The woman,...
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National
‘I would like to have sex with you’: Teacher allegedly told 12yo at exclusive school
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 8:24AM“It’s good to see you’re successful at work.” It was a seemingly innocuous message from a teacher to his former student...
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National
Couple handed over money to secure rental - but it was all a scam
Monday, 15 April 2024, 9:46PMA scammer pretending to be a property manager stole $2750 from a couple who thought they were securing a rental they visited,...
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National
Ten per cent of electric blankets fail hotspot testing
Friday, 12 April 2024, 3:08PMAn electrical testing company owner says about 10 per cent of electric blankets brought to him for checks are failing thermal...
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Crime
Double-murderer marries but wife not allowed to live at his council-owned flat
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 8:45PMA convicted double-murderer who gunned down his former partner and her new boyfriend has found love with a younger woman...
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Crime
Teen's sentence for raping two girls is to pay $3k 'gesture of goodwill'
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 9:45AMWARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers A teenager who raped two girls and indecently...
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National
Struck-off lawyer refused appeal to fight ill-treatment of child conviction
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 3:16PMA lawyer who was struck off for taking more than $150,000 from an imprisoned client has failed in his attempt to have an...
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National
'It really breaks my heart': Nurse performed CPR on dying victim of quadruple fatal crash
Monday, 1 April 2024, 3:31PMWARNING: This story may be distressing. A nurse who helped perform CPR on a victim of the horror crash in Pukaki on Saturday...
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National
Vintage plane flips at Cromwell airport
Monday, 1 April 2024, 2:29PMA vintage aircraft that had flown in the Warbirds over Wānaka airshow over the weekend flipped and crashed at Cromwell airport...