A campervan booking, two suitcases and $619,000 of cocaine
A campervan booking and return flights made it look like an ordinary New Zealand holiday. But hidden in a visitor’s suitcase lining was around $619,000 worth of cocaine — and Customs stopped him befor...
6 Okt 19min
Maggots and missed cancer revealed in damning rest home investigation
A woman was found with maggots in a wound and another's breast cancer went undiagnosed until it was too late. These are just two of four complaints made against a Dannevirke rest home in a major Healt...
29 Sep 15min
Why a Dilworth abuser is walking free after being denied parole seven times
Former Dilworth School teacher and housemaster Ian Wilson has been released from prison after serving his full sentence for sexually abusing former students. Wilson was denied parole seven times, with...
22 Sep 19min
Why a repeat offender got a 55% sentencing discount
A young offender involved in a violent home invasion received sentencing discounts totalling 55%. Hannah Bartlett from NZ Herald's Open Justice team joins Jane Yee to explain what happened on the nigh...
15 Sep 24min
Why do so many 501 deportees reoffend?
A New Zealand-born grandmother who spent 13 years living in Australia has had her visa cancelled and is being deported after serving time for family violence. She is one of thousands of people sent to...
1 Sep 19min
Could your social media posts land you in court?
A man said his livestream behaviour was just an online persona designed to attract viewers. A Family Court judge found it amounted to psychological abuse. On Case by Case, Jane Yee and Open Justice re...
25 Aug 15min
The kidnapping case that could keep an offender behind bars for life
A Christchurch kidnapping and sexual assault has resulted in one of New Zealand’s harshest sentences: preventive detention. The offender had close to 60 previous convictions and had spent decades behi...
18 Aug 16min
