Three Trapped Female Tourists Fight off Knifeman. Repeat Offender Gets ‘Slap on Wrist with Wet Bus Ticket’

  A man has been sentenced to a three year prison sentence for a kidnapping three female tourists, all in their 20s. Late last year, repeat offender Sherb Junior Tamati (32) attracted the women to his flat in Taumarunui with promise of work, padlocked the front door, and threatened them with a knife attached to…

Five Injured in Shoot-Out in the Lawless North

Five people were taken to Whangarei Hopsital with serious injuries after a shoot-out in Northland’s capital of Whangarei. At approximately 10.30 on Tuesday night police were called to a Clark Road address in the suburb of Kamo after receiving reports of a shooting. Inspector Justin Rogers, Area Commander for Whangarei/Kaipara told reporters “While the investigation…