1:37 pm today
An Auckland man is the first person to be charged under new stalking and harassment laws.
From Tuesday, new laws gave police the power to serve a stalking and harassment notice or charge someone with a stalking and harassment offence.
Court documents seen by RNZ revealed a 39-year-old man had been charged with stalking and harassing a woman in Auckland by "persistent unwanted communication" on Tuesday.
The documents alleged the man followed the complainant off a bus, re-initiating unwanted contact and followed her off a second bus, within a period of two years, knowing it was likely to cause "fear or distress".
