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Ōpōtiki murder accused found guilty of manslaughter Tue, 13 Jul 2021, 1:31PM A jury has found Harry Clements Matchitt not guilty of murder but guilty of Brian Hilton's manslaughter killing. (Photo / File) Ōpōtiki murder accused found guilty of manslaughter Tue, 13 Jul 2021, 1:31PM The jury in an Ōpōtiki murder trial has found Harry Clements Matchitt not guilty of murdering 77-year-old Brian Hilton who died five years ago today. However, the jury instead found Matchitt, 54, guilty of the manslaughter assault of Brian Albert Hilton on the evening of...

Steve Braunias' Missing Persons: Compilation of stories on how some New Zealanders vanish go missing 17 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 3 minutes to read This compilation of 12 cases, most of which first appeared in the New Zealand Herald, is a follow-up of sorts to the author's 2015 The Scene of the Crime. The book developed during a time when Steve Braunias considered himself "missing". "The usual failings," he writes, "plus old age, which for so long had felt like a rumour, was busy furnishing my life with intimations of mortality." He "was a lost soul" who "took a special interest i...