NZ's biggest illegal lottery: Organiser sentenced for $11m operation; Are older drivers more dangerous? What data shows as NZ's population ages; Restaurant, owner to pay $400,000 for 'ruthless' migrant exploitation.
NZ's biggest illegal lottery: Organiser sentenced for $11m operation
In a New Zealand first, a Canterbury man has been sentenced to six months' community detention and 250 hours of community service for running the country’s biggest illegal lottery.
The 26-year-old generated $11m in little over a year, and was charged under the Gambling Act by the Department of Internal Affairs in the first prosecution of its kind.
Are older drivers more dangerous? What data shows as NZ's population ages
An 83-year-old has been charged after a crash that killed a woman at a café earlier this year, bringing renewed attention to the growing number of elderly drivers on our roads.
Over the past decade, the number of licensed drivers aged 75 and over has jumped 53%, far exceeding the 17% growth in the total licensed driving population, according to figures obtained by 1News.
Restaurant, owner to pay $400,000 for 'ruthless' migrant exploitation
An Auckland restaurant and its former owner "ruthlessly exploited" vulnerable migrant employees, leaving them underpaid and forced to take out personal loans.
The Indian Taste and its former sole director, Krishna Khandelwal, must now pay almost $400,000 in arrears and penalties for its "persistent" and "deliberate" breaking of employment law.
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