A Tribesmen gang leader who lived a lavish lifestyle, often travelling business class and driving expensive cars, has been handed a prison sentence in Christchurch.
A man who grabbed his partner by the throat, "lined her up", and then delivered a series of savage blows is about to be shipped back to New Zealand from Australia, the country he has called home for the past 10 years.
The Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival couldn't continue unless it disestablished three full-time roles, festival chair Kaine Thompson says.
Most NZers are not aware of the limited amounts that people on a benefit receive, and that is adding to an increased fracturing of our society, one researcher says.