Jared Savage

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Craig Kapitan |Jared Savage

Malio Soakimi appears in Auckland District Court charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Texas Jack Doctor by giving a ride to co-defendant Sione Tupou. Photo / Dean PurcellThe Crown has withdrawn an accessory to murder charge against a man who was present when a simmering feud between two gang-affiliated families resulted in the ambush killing of a young man sitting in his car outside a Mt Wellington liquor store last July.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jared Savage |Craig Kapitan

A 501 deportee who used meth as a painkiller for serious burns suffered in a bungled arson has been sentenced for his part in a record-breaking drug bust in Auckland. Bradley Te Mai Koha Wijohn was arrested in March 2022 after a covert police investigation discovered a 613kg shipment of methamphetamine smuggled from Malaysia, estimated to be worth $100 million. The Operation Weirton bust was the largest seizure of meth at the time.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jared Savage

Senior officers Jill Rogers, left, and Mike Pannett are two of the leading candidates to replace Jevon McSkimming as the next Deputy Police Commissioner. Composite image / NZ PoliceAnalysis by Jared SavageJared Savage, an Investigative Reporter for New Zealand’s Herald, has reported on some of the most high-profile and controversial cases in recent New Zealand history. Learn moreJevon McSkimming resigned as Deputy Police Commissioner and remains under investigation.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jared Savage

More than $3 million was paid into the bank accounts of an illegal overstayer who told the Herald he was exploited as a ‘money mule’ in an alleged tax evasion scam in the kiwifruit industry. Now a second witness has come forward to show $10 million went through his bank accounts around the same time. Illustration / Paul SlaterA Herald investigation revealed how more than $3 million flowed through the bank accounts of an illegal migrant allegedly exploited by a tax evasion syndicate.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jared Savage

Former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming resigned last week after being questioned about "allegations of a very serious nature". Photo / Mark MitchellFormer deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming was granted a “super injunction” to stop media organisations from publishing new details about the criminal investigation he faces - or even that the injunction existed at all.