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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 from Kingston on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Initially she was presumed drown but quickly police and...

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 High Court charged with murdering Martin Orme Berry. Photo / Pool At the High Court in Christchurch ...

A third homicide investigation has been launched in Christchurch -- in less than two weeks

Louise Nicholas' daughter Jessica's 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 the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask In October 2019 high-profile victim advo...

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 clothing after her death. The case was bizarre, captivating and tragic - and then after all of the d...