Auckland man avoids conviction for allowing teen sex work at his Kohimarama home
The judge voiced suspicion that the defendant might have underplayed, to a degree, his involvement in the scheme.…
Remote cannabis grower Aaryn Barlow has sentence varied; avoids ankle monitor over no-phone-zone home
Former Green Party politician Aaryn Barlow’s cannabis plantation was found during aerial reconnaissance by police in the Nelson…
The EU’s first housing plan avoids regulating prices and urges more construction
The housing crisis is one of the EU’s main challenges. The average purchase price of homes has increased…
Hamilton woman Kate Gough avoids jail after sexually assaulting teen boy
‘I’m being set up’ Gough’s offending covered the whole sexual offending spectrum, including sexual intercourse. On one occasion,…
Sylvia Park phone kiosk worker avoids conviction for intimate photo theft attempt
The consequence otherwise, the judge said, would almost certainly have been deportation to Sri Lanka, where he would…
Woman who planned armed robbery avoids 501 deportation from Australia, partly due to children
The Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia was told that the woman, who was born in New Zealand, was…