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Isaac Harnwell hid in a bedroom before he fatally stabbed another man at a West Auckland property.

A former Te Kuiti woman labelled callous and greedy jailed for stealing $2 million from her employer has been given extra jail time after a secret bank a

The man responsible for yesterdays terror attack in a west Auckland supermarket had been convicted of possessing Islamic State propaganda

John Anthony13:17, May 28 2021 123RF Harjit Dheil’s application was filed to the High Court in Auckland. The High Court has allowed a businessman convicted of blackmailing a worker with sexual assault allegations to run companies again. He was sentenced to 10 months’ home detention. The Companies Act prohibits someone from managing companies if they are convicted of blackmail or other crimes involving dishonesty. READ MORE: In October 2020, Dheil​ applied to the High Court seeking perm...

DAVID WHITE/STUFF Soafa Niumagumagu has denied the charges. The court has previously heard from a number of witnesses who said the defendant had stabbed his ex-wife, and Kaisala had gone to her aid. Niumagumagu then ran Kaisala down with his car, and she fell to the ground “like a ragdoll”, worker David Gray said. Kisha told the court a number of Kaisala’s bones were broken, including vertebrae in her neck, rib, pelvis, her left arm, and pelvis. There were lacerations to her liver and...

Stuff The businesses used relatives based in New Zealand to invest in forestry blocks on their behalf, in breach of the Overseas Investment Act. (File photo) At the High Court in Auckland, Justice Downs found that while the family’s lawyer provided poor legal advice, the investors’ breaches were negligent. The breaches were serious because the properties were large and acquired for commercial gain, Justice Downs said. Overseas Investment Office group manager Anna Wilson-Farrell said inve...

Stuff Former world boxing champion Joseph Parker can finally be named as the high-profile sportsman linked to an international drugs ring. Former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker allegedly exchanged money used to buy drugs for a syndicate that sent approximately 20kg of meth through the post. Police had a warrant to search property belonging to him but never executed it, and he was never charged. The reasons behind those decisions remained a mystery until now. Edward Gay reports. As a...