Anneke Smith
Grace Millane Trial: Crown to close case today
The Crown will close its case against the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane on Thursday.
The jury has now watched CCTV footage of the 27-year-old buying cleaning products… Audio
Grace Millane trial: Jury hears murder-accused's police interviews
The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane will watch continue watching his first police interview today.
It's now the second week of the 27-year-old's… Audio
Grace Millane trial: Murder-accused's date's evidence continues
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Jurors will continue to hear this morning from a witness who says she was terrified during a date with the man accused of murdering… Audio
Grace Millane Trial: Murder-accused searches questioned
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'Rigor mortis', 'Extra large bag' and 'Time in London' are just a few things the man accused of murdering Grace Millane searched for… Audio
Court hears more Details in Grace Millane Trial
The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Grace Millane has heard about what he was doing on his phone the night she died. The 27-year-old man, who can't be named, is on trial in the High… Audio
Grace Millane trial: Jury to watch CCTV footage of date
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The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Grace Millane will watch CCTV footage of the pair on a Tinder date.
The… Audio
Grace Millane Trial gets Underway at High Court
A High Court jury will have to decide if British backpacker Grace Millane's death was deliberate or accidental. The Crown has opened it's case against the 27-year-old man accused of murdering her on… Audio
Grace Millane trial begins
The trial of the man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane starts today.
Miss Millane's body was found in the Waitakere Ranges a week after she went missing from Auckland city centre.
…Fears gunshot injury may change leopard seal's behaviour
A biologist observing a seal who may have been shot at the weekend says the injury could change the cheeky mammal's behaviour forever.
Resident leopard seal Owha is a familiar face around Auckland's… Video, Audio
AHDB mental health services unchanged after death in Samoa
A New Zealand district health board has not adopted a coroner's recommendation to improve its mental health services after a psychiatric patient died in Samoa. Audio
Mum shocked ADHB services unchanged after death of son in Samoa
The mother of a psychiatric patient who died in a Samoan prison is shocked the Auckland DHB hasn't adopted a coronial recommendation to improve its services. Hans Dalton's body was found in a 200… Audio
Mother who lost son in Samoan prison calls Government for help
The mother of a psychiatric patient who died mysteriously in a Samoan prison is pleading one last time for the Government's help. Audio
Hans Dalton's mother: 'We just want the truth'
An aggrieved mother whose son died in unexplained circumstances in a Samoan prison is pleading one last time for help from the Government. It's been almost seven years since Hans Dalton's body was… Audio
Widow tells Uber driver 'I do not hate you'
The widow of an Auckland father hit and killed by an Uber driver has told the man responsible she doesn't hate him.
Daljinder Singh was driving up Hobson Street in Auckland's CBD in June 2017 when he… Video, Audio
Two found guilty over torture, murder of Dimetrius Pairama
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Two people have been found guilty of what has been described as the "barbaric" torture and murder of an Auckland teenager.
Toko Shane Winter, who is… Video, Audio
Crown closes case against accused in 'barbaric' killing case
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The Crown has closed its case against a pair accused of what it calls the "barbaric" torture and murder of an Auckland teenager. Toko (Ashley) Shane… Audio
Immunity witness accused of lying in Mangere murder trial
A teenager giving evidence at Dimetrius Pairama's murder trial has been accused of lying to protect herself. Miss Pairama's body was found in a steel drum at the back of a derelict state house in… Audio
Survivor of abuse by Marist brother has her day in court
A woman sexually assaulted by a former Marist brother as a young girl has told a court her life was destroyed by the abuse.
Michael Beaumont abused three girls while working in his community as a… Audio
Mangere witness QnA with Anneke Smith
A court has heard an Auckland teenager was "too scared" to run from a house the Crown says she was beaten, tortured and eventually murdered in. Dimetrius Pairama's body was found in a steel drum out… Audio
Aaron Archer murder trial: Jury resumes deliberations
The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his former girlfriend's daughter resumes its deliberations this morning. Two-year-old Ariah Roberts died from a brain injury while in the care of… Audio
