He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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A former Labour leader is backing the party's plan to introduce a capital gains tax, should they be elected next year; Extreme weather has continued to batter much of the country over the long weekend - as thousands remain without power; The public would like less money spent on drug law enforcement and more on prevention, treatment and harm reduction according to new research; Speedway could return to Auckland's Western Springs Stadium by boxing day, if a new proposal to save the venue is accepted by mid-November, according to the plan's backers.
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A former Labour leader is backing the party's plan to introduce a capital gains tax, should they be elected next year; Extreme weather has continued to batter much of the country over the long weekend - as thousands remain without power; The public would like less money spent on drug law enforcement and more on prevention, treatment and harm reduction according to new research; Speedway could return to Auckland's Western Springs Stadium by boxing day, if a new proposal to save the venue is accepted by mid-November, according to the plan's backers.
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