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Twelve weeks ago Rachel Jordan lay broken and fighting for her life in a hospital bed after surviving a horror helicopter crash in Mid Canterbury.  She sus

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A Moment In Crime: Murder in the Sounds - a most controversial case 6 May, 2021 12:00 AM 3 minutes to read Convicted murderer Scott Watson. Photo / Supplied It was the early hours of New Years Day in 1997 when it happened. Ben Smart and Olivia Hope were among 1500 revellers at a party at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. The pair, who had been friends since they were young, decided to turn in and made their way to the boat where Olivia was staying over...

The Coroner has heard of a surviving drivers account of the horrific scene of a Mid Canterbury crash The Coroner has heard of a surviving drivers account of the horrific scene of a Mid Canterbury crash 22 April 2021 Mother of seven Chante Harmer and her two youngest children died after colliding with another vehicle in 2019 near Ashburton. Herald reporter Anna Leask says the other drivers harrowing statement was read out in an inquest today. She says the driver was clear she did nothing wr...

The Coroner will continue to hear evidence of the road layout - at an intersection where a mother and two children died in mid-Canterbury The Coroner will continue to hear evidence of the road layout - at an intersection where a mother and two children died in mid-Canterbury 22 April 2021 Chante Harmers car collided with another vehicle in 2019 near Ashburton. Herald reporter Anna Leask says the court was told today Harmer went through a Give Way intersection - which wasnt ideal for layout...

Chasing Ghosts: Police offer $100,000 reward, immunity for info in Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappearance 12 Apr, 2021 10:00 PM 7 minutes to read It has been 25 years since 2-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappeared from Kingston on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Initially she was presumed drown but quickly police and her mother Nicola suspected something far more sinister happened to the little blonde girl. Video / Mike Scott It has been 25 years since 2-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappeared ...

Papanui, Christchurch body buried in backyard: Murder accused appears in court 3 Feb, 2021 09:44 PM Quick Read A woman accused of murdering a man and burying him in the backyard of his north Christchurch home has appeared in court this morning. Rena Joyce aka Maloney, 55, a kitchen hand, is charged with murdering Martin Orme Berry on December 29. Police were alerted to the "location of the body" at a property on Main North Rd in Papanui two weeks later. Rena Maloney appears in the Christchurch ...

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Louise Nicholas daughter Jessicas story of addiction, destruction and redemption 9 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 12 minutes to read Recovering meth addict Jessica Nicholas speaks about her battle with meth. Her police mug shot shows her at the height of her addiction. Photos / Andrew Warner / Supplied Recovering meth addict Jessica Nicholas speaks about her battle with meth. Her police mug shot shows her at the height of her addiction. Photos / Andrew Warner / Supplied Anna Leask is a senior reporter for ...

A Moment In Crime Podcast: Tragedy in the hills - the mysterious death of polo star Lauren Biddle 19 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask After a high profile trial in November this year, Christchurch engineer Joseph McGirr was acquitted by a jury of giving Ecstasy to a US polo player before she died in his spa bath. But he was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by burying her ...