Tara Shaskey

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Tara Shaskey

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyNationalBy Tara Shaskey, Open Justice multimedia journalistA snack of crackling turned one man’s birthday into a costly blowout after he chomped down on the crispy pork rind and broke his tooth. The man claimed the meat treat was not “fit for purpose” and the company which made it should pay him $2000 to cover his dental bill.

1 week ago | sunlive.co.nz | Tara Shaskey

In the tribunal’s recently released decision, which redacted the name of the man and the company, it stated the issues for determination were whether the pork crackling was of acceptable quality and, if not, was the $2000 remedy sought by the man reasonable. According to the decision, the man was snacking on crackling on his birthday when he bit down on a “rock-hard object”, which broke his left lower molar.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Tara Shaskey

By Tara Shaskey, Open Justice reporter of Falefitu Alapati Toatoalei held a gun to the faces of his victims, forced one captive person into a car boot, and choked another into unconsciousness. At the height of the Kiwi man's offending in Australia, he was abusing alcohol and methamphetamine and executing a flurry of armed kidnappings, as well as a carjacking and a home invasion.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Tara Shaskey

Falefitu Alapati Toatoalei committed a number of crimes while living in Australia, including kidnappings and an armed carjacking. Falefitu Alapati Toatoalei held a gun to the faces of his victims, forced one captive person into a car boot, and choked another into unconsciousness. At the height of the Kiwi man’s offending in Australia, he was abusing alcohol and methamphetamine and executing a flurry of armed kidnappings, as well as a carjacking and a home invasion.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Tara Shaskey

New Plymouth man William Mason Bishop assaulted his neighbour, leaving the man "black and blue" and in hospital with serious injuries. Photo / 123rfA drinking session between two neighbours mourning the loss of another neighbour turned bitterly violent, leaving one of the men “black and blue”. The 60-year-old victim was hospitalised with serious injuries he suffered at the hands of his neighbour, William Mason Bishop, 44.