Articles by Craig Kapitan
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Crime
'Executed for profit': Trio jailed for teen's mafia-style killing at pre-dug grave
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 12:12pmA trio of thieves who lured a young drug dealer to a pre-dug grave for a mafia-style double-cross killing were handed substantial...
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Crime
'Absolutely ridiculous': Crown blasts developer's account of cocktail wounding
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 8:55pmAlmost immediately after property developer Andrew Montgomerie smashed a glass of vodka soda on to a colleague’s neck amid...
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Crime
Child rapist jailed for 19 years for ‘sick and twisted’ abuse of two young best friends
Monday, 26 January 2026, 8:38amWARNING: This story details sexual offending against children and may upset some readers. When Thomas Raymond Morris Fisher...
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Crime
'Not the smartest guy': How troubled inmate's five-year sentence became 17 years
Sunday, 25 January 2026, 1:43pmA recidivist prison stabber has been ordered to spend an additional year behind bars following his most recent attack spree,...
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Crime
‘Moment of madness’: Black Power member instigated hospital gunfight with rivals
Monday, 19 January 2026, 8:56pmA Black Power member has been sentenced to prison after instigating a dangerous shootout with rival gang members that started...
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Crime
Third member of well-known dog breeder family admits neglect after underweight dogs, lethargic puppies
Tuesday, 13 January 2026, 7:27amThe High Court had only weeks earlier upheld a nine-year animal ownership ban on disgraced dog breeders Barbara Glover and...
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Crime
Primary school caretaker plied girl with LSD, had child sex abuse imagery on phone
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:43amA primary school caretaker who plied a 13-year-old girl with LSD and other drugs – then later was found to have child sexual...
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Crime
Rare sentence for serial sex offender who terrorised French backpacker and jogger
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 7:15amIn February 2023, longtime sex offender Johnathan Tamihana followed a French backpacker into a South Auckland reserve as...
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Crime
'Not safe around children': Former candidate convicted of paedophilia fights for suppression
Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:09amA man who once courted publicity as a candidate for public office is now fighting to keep his name secret, even after he...
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Crime
How a fake pillow business fooled investors and led to prison time for fraudster
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 8:33pmA swindling Auckland businessman who fabricated a company to cheat investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has...
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Crime
Life sentence for mother’s ‘calculated’ murder of her children she hid in suitcases
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 10:56amAn Auckland woman whose grandchildren were murdered by her daughter seven years ago says she spent months falling asleep...
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National
'Escalating violence': Teen who beat stranger to death to keep name permanently secret
Friday, 21 November 2025, 7:26amAn Auckland teenager responsible for a screwdriver stabbing attack that showed “unrelenting and extreme violence” – followed...
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Crime
‘Absolutely tragic, completely avoidable’: Transport boss jailed for runaway truck
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 2:02pmA former construction transport company boss whose runaway truck killed a roadworker has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter,...
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Crime
Head Hunters trio guilty of executing teen, hiding body in pre-dug grave
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 3:52pmThree Head Hunters-affiliated men have been found guilty of the premeditated murder of a teenager who vanished in 2023, resulting...
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Crime
Man accused of killing Ōtāhuhu resident can now be named, five months after arrest
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 1:13pmA man accused of killing another man in South Auckland can now be named, five months after his initial arrest. Uepa Tumaialu,...
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Crime
Elderly ex-teacher who sexually abused students in 1970s and 80s denied parole
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 7:12amThe Parole Board has declined to release an elderly paedophile who used his position at Catholic boarding schools to physically...
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National
Name suppression lifts for man accused of killing of 11yo boy and his father
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 7:10amName suppression has now lapsed for an Auckland man who was charged with double murder following the deaths of an 11-year-old...
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Crime
Man denies murder after bodies of 11yo and his father found in house fire
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 10:44amAn Auckland man accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy and the child’s father appeared in the High Court at Auckland for...
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Crime
'Serial conman': Warrant ordered after fake immigration officer's court no-show
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 8:45pmAn arrest has been ordered for a fake immigration officer after he failed to show up to his sentencing today. Vincent Smith,...
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Crime
Criminal construction: Secret Auckland company sentenced for bid-rigging
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 2:26pmA now-defunct Auckland construction business swept up in the nation’s first-ever criminal prosecution for cartel conduct...
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Crime
Man accused of New Lynn killing is named
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 11:30amAn Auckland man accused of murder after police found him at a New Lynn residence where another man was dying can now be named. Hillpark...
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Crime
'Modern-day slavery' trial begins for man accused of exploiting immigrants, rape
Monday, 20 October 2025, 9:03pmAfter helping a pair of siblings immigrate to New Zealand a decade ago, Moeaia Tuai financially exploited them for years,...
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Crime
How a months-long teen feud over girl sparked quadruple shooting, murder
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 11:27amAn Auckland teenager who shot four other young men last year at the apex of a prolonged feud that started over a girl has...
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Crime
Man accused of smashing Winston Peters’ window appears in court, granted bail
Friday, 10 October 2025, 11:22amThe man charged after allegedly smashing the window of Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ Auckland home with a crowbar has...
