Articles by Craig Kapitan
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Crime
'Not safe around children': Former candidate convicted of paedophilia fights for suppression
Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:09amA man who once courted publicity as a candidate for public office is now fighting to keep his name secret, even after he...
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Crime
How a fake pillow business fooled investors and led to prison time for fraudster
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 8:33pmA swindling Auckland businessman who fabricated a company to cheat investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has...
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Crime
Life sentence for mother’s ‘calculated’ murder of her children she hid in suitcases
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 10:56amAn Auckland woman whose grandchildren were murdered by her daughter seven years ago says she spent months falling asleep...
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National
'Escalating violence': Teen who beat stranger to death to keep name permanently secret
Friday, 21 November 2025, 7:26amAn Auckland teenager responsible for a screwdriver stabbing attack that showed “unrelenting and extreme violence” – followed...
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Crime
‘Absolutely tragic, completely avoidable’: Transport boss jailed for runaway truck
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 2:02pmA former construction transport company boss whose runaway truck killed a roadworker has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter,...
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Crime
Head Hunters trio guilty of executing teen, hiding body in pre-dug grave
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 3:52pmThree Head Hunters-affiliated men have been found guilty of the premeditated murder of a teenager who vanished in 2023, resulting...
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Crime
Man accused of killing Ōtāhuhu resident can now be named, five months after arrest
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 1:13pmA man accused of killing another man in South Auckland can now be named, five months after his initial arrest. Uepa Tumaialu,...
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Crime
Elderly ex-teacher who sexually abused students in 1970s and 80s denied parole
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 7:12amThe Parole Board has declined to release an elderly paedophile who used his position at Catholic boarding schools to physically...
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National
Name suppression lifts for man accused of killing of 11yo boy and his father
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 7:10amName suppression has now lapsed for an Auckland man who was charged with double murder following the deaths of an 11-year-old...
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Crime
Man denies murder after bodies of 11yo and his father found in house fire
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 10:44amAn Auckland man accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy and the child’s father appeared in the High Court at Auckland for...
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Crime
'Serial conman': Warrant ordered after fake immigration officer's court no-show
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 8:45pmAn arrest has been ordered for a fake immigration officer after he failed to show up to his sentencing today. Vincent Smith,...
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Crime
Criminal construction: Secret Auckland company sentenced for bid-rigging
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 2:26pmA now-defunct Auckland construction business swept up in the nation’s first-ever criminal prosecution for cartel conduct...
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Crime
Man accused of New Lynn killing is named
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 11:30amAn Auckland man accused of murder after police found him at a New Lynn residence where another man was dying can now be named. Hillpark...
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Crime
'Modern-day slavery' trial begins for man accused of exploiting immigrants, rape
Monday, 20 October 2025, 9:03pmAfter helping a pair of siblings immigrate to New Zealand a decade ago, Moeaia Tuai financially exploited them for years,...
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Crime
How a months-long teen feud over girl sparked quadruple shooting, murder
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 11:27amAn Auckland teenager who shot four other young men last year at the apex of a prolonged feud that started over a girl has...
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Crime
Man accused of smashing Winston Peters’ window appears in court, granted bail
Friday, 10 October 2025, 11:22amThe man charged after allegedly smashing the window of Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ Auckland home with a crowbar has...
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Crime
‘Manifestly excessive’: Judge converts Casketeers fraudster’s prison term to home detention
Friday, 10 October 2025, 10:23amDisgraced former funeral director and reality TV star Fiona Tania Bakulich, who has been in prison since April for defrauding...
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Crime
Bus driver fatally punched belligerent passenger, left him at stop as he continued route
Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 11:55amAfter having to deal again with a belligerent, intoxicated passenger who had caused trouble on previous occasions by refusing...
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Crime
Criminal charge filed against bus driver accused of hitting 83yo pedestrian
Monday, 6 October 2025, 10:23amPolice have filed a criminal charge against an Auckland bus driver who was behind the wheel when an elderly pedestrian was...
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Crime
NZ reality TV star claims celebrity status has made prison unfairly harsh
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 1:12pmDisgraced former funeral director Fiona Tania Bakulich, who went from featuring in a hit reality TV programme to life behind...
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Crime
Pills in juice: Mother told psychiatrist chilling account of killing children
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 2:06pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT She mashed up the sleeping pills in fruit juice and offered it to her children, who drank without...
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Crime
Suitcase murder trial: PlayStation records shed light on children's final day alive
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 2:45pmA major phase of Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee’s double murder trial has concluded with the Crown’s final factual witness giving...
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Crime
Sunday school teacher to child killer: Murder defendant revealed ‘crisis of faith’
Friday, 12 September 2025, 1:00pmAs Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee’s husband was dying in hospice care, the former Sunday school teacher revealed to a palliative care...
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Crime
'I don't have kids': Killer mum's shock words four years after vanishing
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 3:22pmFrom the first time Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee called her mother to report that her husband had been diagnosed with a serious...
