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The grandfather knew a kaumātua in Queenstown who could help. “I know in my own experience it was a return to te ao Māori that was what made a difference,” he said. Rapata-Brookland, of Queenstown, was found guilty by a jury in October of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Defence lawyer Michael Walker said Rapata-Brookland was an extremely gifted athlete, and Judge Bernadette Farnan later told the court he excelled at rugby, running and had other athletic prowesses. Walker said he was seeking what amounted to a second chance for the defendant. The court was told Rapata-Brookland was doing an apprenticeship and was well-regarded at work and about 10 friends and family were in court to support him.
An Invercargill man was sentenced to intensive supervision and community work for objectionable publication offences.
A warning system built into a Canadian messaging app alerted New Zealand authorities that someone in Invercargill had uploaded a child exploitation image. The apps trust and safety team, which works to identify child exploitation material offences alerted Canadian police in November 2018, which then triggered an investigation into a labourer living in Invercargill. The messaging app company provided the IP address used by the cellphone to upload the image, and inquiries in New Zealand identified that the address belonged to the man s house. In March 2019, police seized computers, external hard drives, gaming consoles, tablets and a phone, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 from the man s house. However, police did not find the device referenced by Canadian authorities.