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Shannon Pitman

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Shannon Pitman

    84yo dies from head injury days after suffering three falls in respite care (opens the original)

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    Rawene Hospital was found to have breached a man’s rights to care, particularly in falls risk assessments. Photo / NZME When an 84-year-old man was admitted to hospital for respite care, his wife asked for a side rail to be placed on his bed as he had a history of falling. A week later he suffered two falls, one of which left him with a large inoperable intracranial haemorrhage before he fell a third time. Now, the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) has found Rawene Hospital breached the m

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Shannon Pitman

    Young father murdered in ‘gross over-reaction’ by woman with broken bottle (opens the original)

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    Audrey Thompson at her trial at the High Court in Whangarei for the murder of Arthur Tahere. Photo / Shannon Pitman For two years, the spotlight has been on the violent seconds that ended 22-year-old Arthur Tahere’s life. But today, Tahere’s whānau shifted the focus to his “beautiful wide woven mat” of a life threaded through iwi, hapū and kura kaupapa. As his killer, Audrey Thompson, was sentenced in the High Court at Whangārei, the cultural dislocation his whānau endured through police and cou

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Shannon Pitman

    'I didn't know you were here, auntie': Family asleep as armed men target home (opens the original)

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    Two men, armed with a shotgun and a knife, targeted a Dargaville home where four adults and four children were sleeping during an incident in February 2024. Photo / 123rf Four adults and four children were asleep inside a home when armed men stormed on to the property before dawn, demanding a name and carrying weapons including a shotgun and knife. The confrontation culminated with Lomand Beveridge pointing a shotgun at a woman who came outside to challenge the group. Beveridge, 29, appeared for

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Shannon Pitman

    'Control and dominance': Father forced young sons to fight, filmed it and sent video to their mother (opens the original)

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    The father became enraged when his sons lied about getting in trouble at school. Photo / 123rf WARNING: This story may be upsetting to some readers. After assaulting his two young sons, including throwing one by the hair and choking the other against a wall, a father forced the brothers to fight each other. He filmed the confrontation and sent it to their mother, behaviour a judge described as “quite bizarre”. The man, who is in his 20s, appeared in the Whangārei District Court for sentencing on

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Shannon Pitman

    'Control and dominance': Father forced young sons to fight, filmed it and sent video to their mother (opens the original)

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    The father became enraged when his sons lied about getting in trouble at school. Photo / 123rf WARNING: This story may be upsetting to some readers. After assaulting his two young sons, including throwing one by the hair and choking the other against a wall, a father forced the brothers to fight each other. He filmed the confrontation and sent it to their mother, behaviour a judge described as “quite bizarre”. The man, who is in his 20s, appeared in the Whangārei District Court for sentencing on

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