Articles by Belinda Feek
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National
'It's been spent': Father and daughter who stole $159k in ATM heist say cash is gone
Saturday, 19 July 2025, 12:02pmA father and daughter who looted almost $200,000 from an ATM claim $159,000 of the cash, which police are still searching...
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National
'Everyone could have died': Drink-driving mum who left 6yo critical in crash avoids prison
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 8:21pmAfter strapping her daughter into a booster seat and putting a half-drunk bottle of wine in the centre console, Holly Pattison...
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National
Man high on mushrooms crashes car into garage, with a preschooler on his lap
Monday, 14 July 2025, 9:00pmHigh on magic mushrooms and with a young child on his lap, a young man drove across a suburban road before crashing into...
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National
Home build dream shattered after business hacked and woman launders couple’s $150k
Saturday, 12 July 2025, 2:39pmA woman’s bank account went from a balance of 5c to almost $150,000 overnight – but it was not her money. Instead, it was...
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Crime
'A f****** ugly mess': Gang boss' text after fatal hotbox attack on mate of 20 years
Friday, 4 July 2025, 1:17pmThe president of the Tribesmen Aotearoa gang says he didn’t want a fellow member to be killed, and didn’t order a “hotbox”...
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Crime
'Needs to be killed': Gang president allegedly ordered fatal attack on fellow member
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 8:53pmWhen a Tribesmen gang leader found out one of his members had been stealing money from the gang’s bank account, he allegedly...
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Crime
Nurse conned $112k from workmates, spent it on gigs, gambling
Saturday, 21 June 2025, 12:06pmA nurse who took more than $100,000 from three sympathetic colleagues after claiming her mother had died and her dad was...
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Crime
Probe into man who abused girl as he read her stories led to another sinister finding
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 7:53pmWARNING: This story details sexual offending against a child. A man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a 6-year-old as he...
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Crime
'I hate him': Partner of slain Tribesman lays blame for killing at president's feet
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 3:17pmThe partner of a patched Tribesmen Aotearoa member allegedly beaten to death by his own group, lays the blame for the ‘hot-box’...
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Crime
'She's not your rehab': Man runs down partner, denies her medical treatment
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:11pmWARNING: This story contains details of domestic violence. A woman was so scared of her meth-fuelled partner that she jumped...
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National
'You need help': Judge urges man to stop drinking after 13th drink-driving conviction
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:53pmA judge has urged a man to “get some help” and stop drinking after clocking up his 13th drink-driving conviction. Sukhdev...
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National
'I was just watering them': Man living in converted drug house denies being part of cannabis op
Monday, 5 May 2025, 2:46pmA man busted living inside a house meticulously converted into a commercial cannabis operation says he was only responsible...
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National
Businessman accused of siphoning company of $111k, buying weed killer and Hush Puppies shoes
Monday, 28 April 2025, 8:56pmA businessman is alleged to have stolen $111,000 in company funds to help pay off a personal loan and buy weed killer, a...
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National
'Sex on the leather couch': Doctor faces tribunal for 'blurring professional boundaries'
Monday, 14 April 2025, 8:32pmA doctor is alleged to have become “obsessive and extremely possessive” with a woman he met on a sexual website and went...
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National
'I’ll cut your throat,' drug seeker told woman days before breaking man's back
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 3:38pmA German national jailed for violent offences still poses a risk of being dangerously violent when he’s released from prison. Jan...
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Crime
‘Snitch’: Man hits grandmother with car, later runs down teen, laughs as he lies critical
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 8:54pmAfter intentionally driving his car into a 15-year-old boy several times on a rural Ngāruawāhia road, Manuhuia Kupe and his...
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Crime
Terrified woman carjacked by man on meth at busy intersection, ordered to drive
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 8:51pmA woman was carjacked at a busy intersection by a stranger high on drugs who was carrying a rubbish bag full of clothes. Despite...
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National
‘Treated like an animal’: Gang member involved in mob killing kept in kennel as a baby
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 1:41pmEight Mongrel Mob associates have been jailed for their roles in the killing of Mitchell Te Kani, and assaults on his whānau. About...
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Crime
‘You ruined my life’: Woman confronts rapist as he's sent to jail
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 9:01pmWARNING: This story deals with sexual offending and may be distressing. A woman has described how being raped ruined her...
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Crime
Man who threatened to shoot kids in school says he was just ‘having a bad day’
Monday, 24 March 2025, 8:35pmA man who phoned Parliament House and threatened to start “killing kids” at schools says he was simply “going through a bad...
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National
'I luv u always have': Man's frightening, erratic infatuation with woman
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 8:08pmA man’s infatuation with a woman he falsely claimed he was in a relationship with became so intense that she feared for her...
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National
Woman bashed person with hammer in mall car park after seeing kid eating cigarettes
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 1:16pmA woman has admitted trying to bash a person to death with a hammer at a shopping centre after seeing a young child eating...
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National
‘Massive problem’: Man five times limit drank bottle of vodka then ‘went for a drive’
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 4:07pmA Hamilton man caught drink-driving at more than five times the legal limit was on a zero-alcohol licence after months earlier...
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National
‘No remorse’: 50-year-old jailed for child abuse imagery – again
Monday, 17 March 2025, 10:05amWarning: This story contains content that people might find distressing. Despite previously being jailed, and placed on a...
