Articles by Tara Ward
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National
'We don't forgive you': Emotional, explosive scenes as whānau face killer driver
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 5:13PMThe sorrow, anguish, hopelessness and hatred felt by two shattered whānau were palpable as those grieving the loss of a young...
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National
Black Power member illegally squatting on beachfront land for 11 years
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 7:03AMIt is seemingly all but over in the battle between a notorious Black Power member illegally squatting on coastal Māori land...
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National
'Vulnerable to exploitation': Owner of failed restaurant to pay $95k
Monday, 15 April 2024, 1:11PMA failed restaurant owner must cough up almost $95,000 following an employment dispute with a “vulnerable” former chef, years...
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Crime
'It takes two people': Rapist attempts to blame teen victim for harrowing sex attack
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 1:20PMWARNING: This story discusses rape and may be distressing for some readers. A man who lured a teen into his car with the...
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Crime
'Tell me I'm your boyfriend': Teen woke up to armed mobster in her bedroom
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 8:30PMA teen woke in the night to find a stranger wearing a Mongrel Mob patch standing in her bedroom brandishing a firearm over...
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Crime
'Only a monster could have done that': Family of slain camper address teen killer
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 8:45PMThe grieving sister of Adrian Humphreys who was stabbed to death in his tent at a remote campground has described the teen...
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Crime
Group buying drugs at motel launch brutal attack on 'child molester'
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 8:44PMA group’s mission to an emergency housing motel to score drugs took a savage turn when two of them launched an attack on...
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Crime
Puppies, cryptocurrency and offshore scammers: How one Kiwi became a money mule
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 2:26PMA man embroiled in a scam involving fake puppies, cryptocurrency and mystery offshore perpetrators has been pinged for money...
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Crime
'Zero to 100': Mum with no criminal history stole $140k from relative, involved in stabbing
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 4:38PMA young mum with no criminal history went from “zero to 100″ with a string of offending that began with her stealing an injured...
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Crime
Youth running coach's jailhouse confession: '140 to 150 additional victims'
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 10:26AMWARNING: This story discusses sexual abuse and may be distressing for some readers. A former youth running coach and scout...
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Crime
Jailed Dilworth housemaster grilled on whether there are more victims
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 9:52PMWARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers. Former Dilworth housemaster Ian Wilson,...
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National
'I can’t explain how broken I am': Widow's grief after young dad dies in mill accident
Saturday, 10 February 2024, 1:24PMLaleni Saini sat at her husband’s hospital bedside, day and night for two weeks, praying he would open his eyes. But tragically...
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Crime
How a Kiwi avoided exile after $200k burglary that allegedly involved killing pet dog 'Gucci'
Thursday, 8 February 2024, 9:13PMA Kiwi teen and his mate broke into a Sydney home and made off with around $200,000 worth of designer goods, jewellery and...
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Crime
Trainee doctor who drove dangerously and caused a crash on SH3 avoids conviction
Monday, 29 January 2024, 11:14AMA trainee doctor who crashed into a car while trying to overtake it, causing the victim’s vehicle to skid off the road and...
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National
Bigamy, abuse and 'human trafficking': How a mother and son found sanctuary in New Zealand
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 7:16PMA woman whose first husband left her for his cousin went on to marry again, only to spend the ensuing years fleeing the abuse...
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Crime
'Milk bar bandit': Young father kicked out of Australia, leaves behind kids
Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 6:31PMA young man who held up several Melbourne milk bars with a hatchet and was labelled a ‘milk bar bandit’ by Australian media...
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Crime
'Significant breach of trust': Carer stole thousands from bedridden, tetraplegic client
Saturday, 13 January 2024, 10:44AMA caregiver who gained access to his bedridden, tetraplegic client’s bank account and then fleeced him of thousands of dollars...
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Crime
Mother jailed for pouring boiling water on her son fails to overturn conviction
Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 9:52AMA mother who tied her son to a bed and poured boiling water over him, leaving him with serious burns to 25 per cent of his...
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National
'Very concerning': Man seeking time-critical HIV meds turned away from ED
Monday, 4 December 2023, 2:13PMA man who had unprotected sex and was concerned he had been exposed to HIV was “humiliated” by an emergency department nurse...
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Crime
Teen mobster involved in murder ordered to take himself to jail
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 4:33PMA 17-year-old Mongrel Mob member who was involved in the murder of a young father must surrender himself to prison by the...
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Crime
Man on home detention approved to shop but steals clothes, cuts off ankle bracelet
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 9:59PMThree days into a sentence of home detention, a man with a rap sheet packed with dishonesty convictions was given permission...
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News
Jurors weep as teen found guilty of murdering camper for his car
Friday, 17 November 2023, 6:18PMA teenager who was on a programme for at-risk youth when he snuck into a man’s camper to steal his car keys and then stabbed...
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National
Man dies of cardiac event hours after being discharged from cancer clinic
Monday, 13 November 2023, 3:23PMA man with colon cancer was undergoing his first round of chemotherapy when he became so unwell that he was rushed back to...
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Crime
Jail term 'appropriate' for Black Power trio who bashed disabled man wearing red
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 2:43PMA Black Power trio involved in a vicious gang attack on a mentally impaired man at a McDonald’s, all because he was wearing...