Jack MarshallJournalist·NZ Herald·8 Sep, 2026 02:10 AM2 mins to read‌NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Todd Energy gets up to $23.5m for gas projects and the Government introduces $5m tourism boost. Video / NZ HeraldConvicted triple murderer Erin Patterson, who killed family members with poison mushrooms, has been approved to receive the weight loss drug Ozempic in prison at the Australian taxpayer’s expense.

The 51-year-old is serving a life sentence for murdering her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson,