Accused denies defrauding Otago DHB
Radio New Zealand
Wed Dec 3 06:55:43 2008
The former manager jointly accused of defrauding the Otago District Health Board of $17 million says at no time did he act fraudulently or dishonestly.

Mum accused of stabbing
New Zealand Herald
Wed Dec 3 06:00:00 2008
A teenage mother allegedly stabbed her 2-year-old son with a boning knife, a High Court jury was told in Hamilton on Monday. But Kim Knoll, 19, claims the boy was attacked by a masked man who forced his way into her home. Knoll...

Hijacking accused will face trial
New Zealand Herald
Wed Dec 3 05:00:00 2008
The woman charged with wounding three people during a hijacking of a flight south from Blenheim has been committed for trial. Asha Ali Abdille was remanded in custody until a pretrial conference in the High Court at Christchurch...

Family accused of damaging, false claims in sex-abuse case
New Zealand Herald
Wed Dec 3 05:00:00 2008
The extended family of Fashion Week owner Pieter Stewart are being accused of making false and damaging claims as they try to get sex-abuse convictions against Mrs Stewart's husband overturned. Peter Stewart, 62, was convicted...