UpdatedAnna LeaskSenior Journalist - Crime and Justice·NZ Herald·29 May, 2026 12:09 AM9 mins to readNZ Herald Headlines | Budget 2026 shows a return to surplus, new levy to fund Reserve Bank services and Friday, Dame Lynda Topp blasted the Government's Budget.A Mongrel Mob member already deemed one of New Zealand’s highest-risk violent offenders launched a frenzied chair attack on a 73-year-old Corrections staffer while detained under a rare Public Protection Order, a court has heard today.
Sonny Tearamoana Waiti, 38, pleaded














