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Al Williams

Reporter · NZ

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

    Reality TV star failed to maintain rental properties (opens the original)

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    Renters TV star and Christchurch property manager, Prudence Morrall, is in hot water after failing to maintain multiple rental properties. Morrall is the sole director of Good Girls Property Management and has appeared on the television show about renting in New Zealand. The company has accepted it committed multiple breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act by failing to ensure compliance across 20 tenancies, including an unlawful termination. The company has been ordered to pay $5877 by the Te

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

    NZTA knew about hazards before woman killed in SH1 crash — coroner (opens the original)

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    A motorist lost her life on a notorious stretch of Canterbury highway that authorities knew was dangerous but had not done enough to make safe. Kellyanne Cindal Pattinson was driving south on State Highway 1 in early 2018 when tragedy struck. A northbound food delivery truck veered across three lanes and hit her car. The 31-year-old had no opportunity to brake or swerve and died at the scene. In findings released on Monday, Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame found the NZ Transport Agency knew the str

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

    ‘Running out of time,’ judge tells Christchurch man after string of police drive-offs (opens the original)

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    Motorist Jesse Sanders repeatedly fled police over several months, speeding through residential streets, ignoring road spikes and driving at more than twice the speed limit. Judge Quentin Hix described the offending as “a string of basically running from the police, driving off in cars” when he sentenced Sanders in Christchurch District Court this week. “I read you have a 6-year-old son; apparently sons pay most attention to their dads between 6 and 13,” he told the 30-year-old. “Your son will m

  4. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

    501 deportee’s drug sentence upheld by Court of Appeal (opens the original)

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    Separated from his six children and thousands of kilometres from the life he once knew, a 501 deportee says he fell in with other “501ers” who ultimately drew him into a major cocaine operation. Peter Uelese told the Court of Appeal he was used and that his addiction was preyed upon when he became involved in moving 9kg of cocaine in an “amateurish and shambolic fashion”. The argument formed the basis of a bid to cut the seven years and six months’ imprisonment he received in the Christchurch Di

  5. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

    Jail after man causes $20,000 of damage, steals quad bike (opens the original)

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    Leonard Hansen trashed a farmhouse and caused nearly $20,000 in damage before stealing a quad bike and riding more than 100km along a busy tourist route to his grandmother's home. He was captured by CCTV heading along Inland Scenic Route 72 in the South Island before pulling into a gas station for a break. The 31-year-old had been disqualified from driving five months earlier in Timaru and was living with an associate on a farm about two hours north in Hororata. His associate was away working be

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