R v Fatu — Sentenced to 9 years and 5 months for methamphetamine supply and gang participation
Case The King v Dwight Percivil Fatu Court High Court of New Zealand (Hamilton Registry) Date Decided 16 July 2026 […]
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R v Hoggart — Court declines to re-impose preventive detention, imposes 7.5-year sentence with time already served
Case R v Hoggart Court High Court of New Zealand (Hamilton Registry) Date Decided 9 July 2026 Citation [2026] NZHC
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R v Jensen — Life sentence imposed for murder; 10-year minimum period affirmed despite mental illness
Case The King v Dylan Neil Jensen Court High Court of New Zealand Date Decided 6 July 2026 Citation [2026]
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R v Templeton — High Court imposes 2.5-year sentence for alcohol-fuelled manslaughter and vehicular injury
Case R v Templeton Court High Court of New Zealand (Invercargill Registry) Date Decided 29 June 2026 Citation [2026] NZHC
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R v Ryder — Mother sentenced to 3 years 5 months for manslaughter of severely disabled toddler son
Case The King v Stormy Lee Ryder Court High Court of Auckland (New Zealand) Date Decided 17 June 2026 Citation
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Solicitor-General v Leef — High Court holds forfeited gang patch cannot be returned to convicted offender
Case Solicitor-General v Andrew Andy Leef Court High Court of New Zealand (Rotorua Registry) Judge Becroft (Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro,
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Solicitor-General v Gray-Gill — High Court quashes District Court direction that gang insignia not be destroyed, confirms forfeiture is automatic and patch cannot be returned to owner
Case Solicitor-General v Xavier Richard John Gray-Gill Court High Court of New Zealand (Rotorua Registry) Judge Becroft (Governor-General Dame Cindy
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R v Wirihana — High Court sentences man to seven years for manslaughter following fatal assault at father’s tangi
Case The King v Erueti Samson Teo-Taane Wirihana Court High Court of New Zealand, Napier Registry Judge McHerron (Governor-General Dame
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R v Taylor — High Court imposes 22-year cumulative sentence for rape of two victims, declines preventive detention
Case The King v Shannan Joseph Taylor Court High Court of New Zealand, Whanganui Registry (Grice J) Judge Grice (Governor-General