Officer numbers were not provided as some matters may involve more than one staff member, while other cases may not involve an identified staff member or were more “thematic in nature”. Counties Manukau had the most referrals with 33, while Waikato had 30 and Auckland City 22. Police National Headquarters, the Royal New Zealand Police College, National groups, and communications had 19 referrals to the NIU in total.
Do you know more? Email sam.sherwood@stuff.co.nz The NIU had charged only one officer, from the Wellington District, with supplying a Class B controlled drug. They were no longer employed by police. Police professional conduct Superintendent Jason Guthrie said the unit received information from a wide variety of sources, much of it often incomplete or potentially unreliable.
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Multiple reports regarding an assault on Centennial Highway were made to police on Wednesday morning. (File photo).
A Lower Hutt man has been charged following an alleged assault incident on Centennial Highway in Wellington on Wednesday morning. The 52-year-old is due to appear in Wellington District Court on July 19, facing one charge of assault with intent to injure. A police spokeswoman said multiple reports were made to police regarding the incident, just after 8.10am at the bottom of the Ngāūranga Gorge. The victim was treated by ambulance staff but did not require hospital treatment.
None of the parcels were opened, but the packaging on the jackets had fallen apart. Arora pleaded guilty to theft in a special relationship – in this case with his employer. He asked Wellington District Court judge Jan Kelly to discharge him without conviction. Arora said he was now working as an Uber driver and only just earning minimum wage. NZTA had advised him that if he was convicted he would lose his licence and be unemployed, which would affect his support of his child. He said his relationship with New Zealand Couriers had deteriorated over time over issues with payment and leave. He had decided to resign and cancel his contract but at the same time the country went into level 4 lockdown, and he was asked to stay. He became depressed.
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The ute’s owner, Manawa of Pukerua Bay, demonstrates how he clung on as the thief tried to shake him off. Inside the ute was Maynard, who took off with Manawa clinging to the back. During the next seven kilometres Maynard sped up and slowed down, trying to shake Manawa from the back. Wellington District Court judge Bruce Davidson said on Friday it must have been extremely frightening and the danger is obvious.
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Judge Bruce Davidson told the court the 7km ride on the back of a ute would have been frightening. Manawa finally had enough at Paekākāriki and managed to get off.
The electricity meter was diverted, which had allowed him to use $17,207 in electricity to do the growing. His bank accounts were examined, revealing McMahon had laundered more than $470,000 between May 2017 and February 2020. McMahon pleaded guilty to money laundering, cultivating cannabis, possession of cannabis for supply and theft of the electricity. The judge said the amount of money showed the level of the illegal operation. He said McMahon had convictions spanning 28 years between 1984 and 2012, when he was last sent to prison. “It shows your enduring interest in growing and dealing cannabis,” he said. The house had since been forfeited to the Crown and McMahon was now living with his mother and brother.