'Incident' involving car seriously injures pedestrian in Hamilton
Police said emergency services were called to Croall Crescent in the suburb of St Andrews at around 3pm.
"Initial indications are that the pedestrian has been seriously injured," a police spokesperson said.
"Our staff are still working at the scene."
St John said it responded to what it described as a "motor vehicle accident" with one ambulance, one rapid response unit, and one manager.
ADVERTISEMENT
"The incident is still ongoing, more information will be provided as it becomes available," a St John spokesperson said.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
NZ Herald
a minute ago
- NZ Herald
Long-standing Napier drug dealer Kevan Salisbury admits offering to sell meth and party drug fantasy
In that year, he received 10 months of home detention stemming from the commercial cultivation of cannabis at his work address and home. In 2015, he was sent to prison for two years and two months on further charges of cultivating cannabis, offering to sell cannabis oil and assaulting his partner. The drugs charges had been laid after police searched his home in July 2015 and found 24 cannabis plants. Data on his phone showed he had been offering to supply cannabis oil to various associates. Phone data again proved Salisbury's downfall in his latest offending. Police obtained a court order on March 10 this year which allowed them to access his phone data from January 1 to March 1, 2025. They found evidence of numerous offers to supply methamphetamine and fantasy. For many the quantities involved could not be confirmed, so 'the full extent of the defendant's drug dealing remains unknown', according to a Crown summary of facts. However, Salisbury pleaded guilty to representative charges of offering to supply methamphetamine on 19 separate occasions, with total known quantities of 32.75g. He offered to supply a gram of meth to 11 different people in a single day. He admitted supplying meth on at least three occasions. Salisbury offered to supply fantasy at least 11 times, with known quantities totalling 3.18 litres. The Switched on Gardener store in Hastings, photographed in 2010. Police cracked down on the national chain, which was selling growing equipment to cannabis growers. Kevan Darryl Salisbury was working for Switched on Gardener in 2010. Photo / NZME On February 27, Salisbury offered to sell two litres of fantasy to two prospective buyers, for $1000. On March 1, he offered three people the chance to buy 500ml for $250. Fantasy is the common name for a range of drugs, including gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 1,4 butanediol (1,4-BD) and gamma butyrolactone (GBL). GBL converts to GHB in the body when ingested and is sometimes associated with 'date rape' due to its sedative and mind-altering effects. The Crown summary of facts said GBL was highly hazardous, 'as it can cause euphoria, sedation, unconsciousness and even death, with a very narrow margin between a safe and lethal dose'. Police raided Salisbury's Napier home on April 2, 2025. As they arrived, he tried to throw a small container containing cannabis plant material and seeds out his bedroom window. When searching the bedroom, police found 3g of methamphetamine, cannabis and a home-made taser. In the lounge, police found methamphetamine utensils, more cannabis, and a slug gun near the front door. The total amount of cannabis taken from the property was 109.5g. Salisbury refused to provide the pin for his cellphone. On Friday, he admitted supplying methamphetamine, offering to supply meth, possessing meth, supplying fantasy, offering to supply fantasy, possessing cannabis, possessing a restricted weapon, possessing drug utensils and failing to comply with a search. Ric Stevens spent many years working for the former New Zealand Press Association news agency, including as a political reporter at Parliament, before holding senior positions at various daily newspapers. He joined NZME's Open Justice team in 2022 and is based in Hawke's Bay. His writing in the crime and justice sphere is informed by four years of frontline experience as a probation officer.
NZ Herald
an hour ago
- NZ Herald
Zuru nappy trial: The surprise witness and his claims of confessions, cocaine and a private investigator
JJK is defending the claims and has launched a counterclaim alleging Zuru interference in its commercial relationship with Woolworths. The court heard today that Zuru was seeking in excess of $75m in compensation and damages over being outbid – Zuru's offer of $200,000 was topped by JJK's $300,000 – for Treasures. Wilson told the court he had sought to work with JJK in 2023 to rebrand Treasures after connecting with Armitage through Pastor Andrew Robertson of Harvest World Church. He said that during a walk-and-talk with Armitage, the budding nappy manufacturer had told him he had been given an 'inside scoop' on the nappy trade from a man he said he later heard was called 'Grant'. Wilson said Armitage told him this information included profit and loss statements, revenue sheets and information about which markets Rascals – a commercial rival – was involved in. 'He said because of this information he had received, he knew Treasures was a good business opportunity,' Wilson said. In cross-examination, JJK lawyer Sam Lowery walked Wilson through his pitch for business with JJK, including an email where he claimed drug use was rife in the marketing industry. 'Most of those guys at Colenso are still huge coke heads, hence why our creatives all left Colenso and work with us,' an email from Wilson read. Emails also showed Wilson had boasted of his responsibility for Smart Media losing its major client. 'The only reason we have gone seeking a new client is that I told the global CEO of the Ebos Group to quote 'Go f**k himself',' he said in pitch emails to JJK. Asked if he'd actually said that to the Ebos chief executive, Wilson told the court – with a laugh – that: 'I did.' That pitch document also showed he was aware of the dispute between the Mowbrays and JJK. 'If you want to be Nick Mowbray's bitch and the next Kodak of the nappy world – then fine, go and find someone else' – and insisted he and Smart Media were all business: 'We are not here to f**k spiders'. The court heard the relationship between JJK and Smart Media descended from the first meeting into acrimony in just a matter of weeks, with the latter issuing a $33,200 invoice for work completed that was ultimately not paid. Lowery conducted a sustained interrogation into Wilson's credibility, including highlighting his prosecution for impersonating a police officer in a dispute with a neighbour to an investment property in Queenstown who was disrupting open homes. 'In an ill-advised moment, I was at Queenstown airport. There was another open home the next day, and I rung up, stupidly, and said, 'It's Graham Dodds from the police',' Wilson said. Wilson said the conviction was ultimately appealed and he was granted a discharge without conviction. The court heard he had a clean criminal record. Lowery drew attention to the fact that Wilson had just last week again used a false name when he called a private investigator working for JJK who was looking into his background. That five-minute call, played in full to the court, included Wilson calling himself 'Michael Adley' and using the third person to claim Wilson 'always had a good reputation in the industry'. Lowery repeatedly put it to Wilson he had only contacted Zuru and offered evidence to 'get favour with a big business and a very wealthy family' and to 'get a moment in the spotlight'. Wilson denied this motivation. 'No. If you want it honestly: I thought it would be the right thing to do. But after this [cross-examination] I'm regretting it,' he told the court. Justice Dani Gardiner suppressed part of Wilson's evidence after Lowery complained it was false and defamatory. Courtroom eight at the High Court has seen an unusual amount of attention since the hearing started last week, with University of Auckland law students and internationally based Zuru executives regular fixtures in the public gallery. Zuru billionaire Nick Mowbray spent most of three days on the stand giving evidence last week, and stayed in the courtroom after he finished to observe proceedings. He was supported in court during much of his testimony by his fiancee, Jaimee Lupton. Jaimee Lupton and Nick Mowbray, who have both been spectators or witnesses at the High Court this week, at a wedding on Maui in June. Photo / Instagram @Jaimee The Hong Kong-based Mat Mowbray, brother of Nick and the other co-CEO of Zuru, has also been observing proceedings using the remote audiovisual link. Earlier today, the court heard from the Zuru-called economist James Mellsop, who gave evidence on how he quantified the tens of millions of dollars in damages and compensation sought in the case. Mellsop told the court Zuru's inability to secure Treasures in 2020 meant it missed an opportunity to replicate its performance with Rascals across Woolworths supermarkets. Zuru's exclusivity agreements with Foodstuffs prevented the sale of Rascals nappies through rival supermarkets, and Nick Mowbray last week gave evidence that he saw Treasures as a key beachhead to Woolworths that would enable him to dominate diapers across both sides of the grocery duopoly. Mellsop said he calculated profits lost over the past four years amounted to about $60m, and the potential value of a Zuru-managed Treasures brand at around $15m. Zuru is seeking this sum from JJK, which the court has earlier heard claims its Treasures venture was loss-making. Matt Nippert is an Auckland-based investigations reporter covering white-collar and transnational crimes and the intersection of politics and business. He has won more than a dozen awards for his journalism – including twice being named Reporter of the Year – and joined the Herald in 2014 after having spent the decade prior reporting from business newspapers and national magazines.
NZ Herald
2 hours ago
- NZ Herald
Prime Minister's former press secretary Michael Forbes told to inform employer himself after filming allegations
The incident at the Wellington brothel happened at 7pm on July 11. Police Comms were notified the following day at 5.40pm. Ten minutes later the National Command and Coordination Centre (NCCC) was alerted and then the District Command Centre. At 6.15pm on July 12 the NCCC emailed a large number of senior leaders in police including former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming and others. 'Police Comms have been called by an informant who works for an escort agency. The informant has found images on a client's phone of naked females, including one very intoxicated female that appear to have been taken with the consent of those photographed/filmed. 'The client is allegedly Michael FORBES who is the Senior Press Secretary for the Hon Louise Upston, the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Minister for Social Development and Employment, and Minister for Child Poverty Reduction. 'The alleged offender has left his personal and work cell phones with the informant. The file has been assigned to the Wellington District Crime Squad for attendance.' The police media team had been notified, the email said. The email was recalled about 20 minutes later after current Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura asked for the recall as 'the distribution list is too broad for this type of communication'. The staffer replied they had done so. Kura said the case was 'one of those ones that is a little more sensitive and didn't need such a wide audience'. Investigation summary The documents include an investigation summary. The documents included an investigation summary, which said on July 12, 2024, Wellington Police received a complaint that Forbes had covertly made an audio recording the previous day while engaging the services of a sex worker. 'The informant advised police that they had taken two mobile phones from Forbes, one believed to be a personal phone, the other a work device. The informant also reported finding other audio files, images and videos that caused concern.' The informant was spoken to by police and both phones were taken. 'Once it was established that Forbes was a senior press secretary at Parliament, procedural escalation notifications were made that evening. 'The Wellington District Command Centre was advised, as was the duty inspector.' On July 13, a detective obtained search warrants to examine the two cellphones. 'The suspected offence was making an intimate visual recording, being an offence against section 216H of the Crimes Act 1961.' On July 15, a detective visited Forbes and advised him of the police investigation. During that visit Forbes provided access codes for the phones. On July 18, a detective examined the phones. 'Located within both phones were numerous videos, screen shots and photos of unidentified females, some in various state of undress, and exposed breasts were visible in multiple videos. 'It was apparent to detectives that some images were taken in, and from, public places, including a gym. Some images were also taken through street-facing windows of unidentified women, dressing (undressing) themselves, and who were visible from the waist up.' The summary says the examination of the phones did not identify evidence of criminal offending. On July 18 Forbes met with a detective and the phones were returned to him. 'He was also provided copies of the search warrants that had been obtained. 'During the meeting it was suggested that Forbes should delete some of the images on his phones, and he began doing so. Police also stressed the onus was on him to inform his employer.' On July 19 Police provided an update to the complainant. On August 6, Police also provided an update to another staff member at the brothel. 'They expressed frustration and disappointment with the outcome,' the summary said. In an earlier statement, Wellington District Manager Criminal Investigations, Detective Inspector John van den Heuvel, said that as part of the investigation, police obtained a search warrant to seize two of his phones. On examining the phones, Police found a number of photos and videos of women in public spaces, and what appeared to be women in private addresses, taken from a distance away, van den Heuvel said. 'Police considered the available evidence and concluded it did not meet the requirements for criminality, and therefore charges could not be filed. 'The individual concerned voluntarily spoke with police and admitted to taking the images and recordings. He was reminded of the inappropriateness of his behaviour and encouraged to seek help.' Forbes also deleted the images in the presence of police. 'Police acknowledge this man's behaviour was extremely distressing for the women involved and would like to reassure them that any new information will be thoroughly considered. 'Based on the initial report and available evidence to date, police are unable to progress the matter further.' Van den Heuvel said any new information regarding Forbes would be 'thoroughly considered'. Forbes had 'obligation' to tell employers: Prime Minister When earlier asked why police did not alert the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) after executing a search warrant on a government-issued phone, the department said: 'We are still gathering facts and will look into all of this as part of our deep dive.' The DIA said all Ministerial Services staff were subject to standard pre-employment checks when they were first employed. These included reference checks, serious misconduct checks and a criminal conviction check. In addition, security clearances were required for some positions in ministers' offices. The department says these checks were completed when Forbes was first employed by Ministerial Services and were not required for the later temporary assignment to the Prime Minister's office. 'We acknowledge staff may be unsettled or feel their safety may have been compromised. We are committed to supporting our people and ensuring they feel, and are, safe at work.' Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the incidents that were investigated by police but did not lead to any charges occurred after Forbes was vetted to work for Social Development Minister Louise Upston. 'He has an obligation to actually declare those issues or those incidents to us, that didn't happen, which is why his employment would have been terminated, obviously,' Luxon said in a media conference at Parliament in June. 'But there is a good question about making sure, and I have asked specifically for DIA to look at vetting processes.' He added that the expectation was on Forbes to have raised the incidents with the Prime Minister's office 'because it impacts the office and the reputation of the office, for obvious reasons, but that did not happen'. Forbes moved from Upston's office to the Prime Minister's in February this year and 'had the vetting that he needed to come into the Beehive'. 'We will look at that to make sure that there is anything else we could have done differently in that vetting.' Luxon would not discuss what level of security clearance Forbes had in the Beehive. Luxon also had questions about whether the investigation should have been elevated by police to the Beehive. 'We have to take this incident and understand what has happened here and how it happened, and what more can we do about it. 'I think it is a legitimate question to say what can we look at between the inter-agency processes, between the different agencies, whether it is police, whether it is the SIS or whether it is ministerial services.' 'I was in a downward spiral' Forbes earlier offered an apology for the harm his actions caused to women. 'I want to offer my sincerest apologies to the women I have harmed,' he said in a statement. 'In the past, I was in a downward spiral due to unresolved trauma and stress, and when confronted with the impacts of my behaviour a year ago, I sought professional help, which is something I wish I had done much earlier. 'What I failed to do then was make a genuine attempt to apologise. Instead, I tried to move on without offering those I had harmed the acknowledgment, accountability, or amends they deserved. I recognise how wrong that was.' Forbes said he spent the past year 'reflecting on how I may have affected these women's sense of safety and ability to go about their lives and work'. 'No one should ever feel violated, unsafe, or disrespected, especially in spaces where they should feel secure, and I am truly sorry for contributing to an environment where women may have felt otherwise,' he said. 'The therapy I've received over the past year has helped me to understand the roots of my behaviour and begin addressing the patterns that led to it. This is a long-term commitment to change that I take very seriously. 'I understand that my past actions may have undermined the trust people place in me. So, I have resigned from my job to focus on the work I need to do.' Forbes declined to comment when approached by RNZ on Wednesday. – RNZ
