News | Accident and Emergency

21 May 2025 20:27

| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |

NZCity News

News

Home > News > Accident and Emergency

A Taranaki man's been sentenced to 12 months home detention - for setting fire to a house bus in Manaia 20 years ago, killing a man inside,

A Taranaki man's been sentenced to 12 months home detention - for setting fire to a house bus in Manaia 20 years ago, killing a man inside,

21 May 2025

Open Justice reports 38-year-old Frederick Matene King pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Michael Slade at the High Court at New Plymouth.

The 27-year-old labourer was sleeping - when a drunk King lit a piece of paper in the bus window in August 2005.

King confessed last June - which factored into his reduced sentence.

The court's accepted he admitted to the fire in 2006 - but it was absent from police records.

>> More Accident and Emergency News

Subscribe to NZCity's Accident and Emergency articles

© 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

Other Accident and Emergency News

21 May: A person's died in a single-vehicle crash on Northland's State Highway 12, near Matakohe, about 1.30 this afternoon

21 May: A Christchurch City Councillor says moves are under way, to make the hospital surrounds safer at night

21 May: Belief Health New Zealand's doing a lot to ensure Christchurch Hospital staff's safety getting to their cars, after late night shifts

21 May: The death of a seven-year-old boy, who died in a Dunedin car crash, was allegedly caused by his meth-impaired mother

20 May: Railway changes in Waikato's Matamata, after a teen's death in March

20 May: Four people have been injured - two seriously - after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 in Marlborough's Seddon

19 May: All trains on the Hutt Valley line have been suspended until further notice due to an emergency services incident tonight

Top Stories

RUGBY
A concerning injury list is building for the Hurricanes ahead of Super Rugby's penultimate round, although they do welcome back Devan Flanders and All Black Tyrel Lomax for the visit to the Reds More...

BUSINESS
Auckland's Smith and Caugheys says it has explored every avenue to keep the business afloat - as it announces it is closing for good More...

Today's News

International:
Israel is facing fresh backlash over Gaza aid restrictions. Here's what nations are saying — and doing 20:07

Entertainment:
Madonna has "channelled" the memory of her late mother by wearing a wavy brunette wig to recreate her style 20:06

Entertainment:
Jessie J decided having a nanny wasn't for her 19:36

Entertainment:
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has paid tribute to Prince Harry for giving her "a lifetime of stories" as the couple mark their seventh wedding anniversary 19:06

Environment:
A concerning injury list is building for the Hurricanes ahead of Super Rugby's penultimate round, although they do welcome back Devan Flanders and All Black Tyrel Lomax for the visit to the Reds 18:57

Business:
Auckland's Smith and Caugheys says it has explored every avenue to keep the business afloat - as it announces it is closing for good 18:57

Law and Order:
Gisborne police are searching for a man in handcuffs, after he fled arrest this morning 18:37

Entertainment:
Katy Perry halted a gig to tell a fan to stop messaging her fiancé Orlando Bloom - as part of a promotional stunt 18:36

Business:
A strong primary sector performance has produced a billion-dollar monthly trade surplus - for the first time in five years 18:07

Entertainment:
Bobby Brown has been in therapy to "work through" his grief after the deaths of his two children Bobbi Kristina Brown and Bobby Brown Jr and former wife Whitney Houston 18:06

News Search

© 2025 New Zealand City Ltd