Tara Shaskey
New ZealandjournalistFemale6.3Global Dominance: 0.00%Tara Shaskey is a news director and Open Justice reporter for NZME, having joined the organization in 2022. With a journalism career spanning nearly a decade, she has covered various topics, including crime, justice, arts, and Māori issues, and has previously worked for Stuff.
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Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
HDC finds Health NZ Lakes District failures contributed to baby’s brain damageNew Zealand· 2026-08-10
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Pātea River Bar tragedy: Coroner releases findings into deaths of boy and stepmotherNew Zealand· 2026-08-05
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Calib Materoa held Invercargill teen and girl at knifepoint during ‘home invasion’New Zealand· 2026-07-22
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Porirua woman sentenced after pit bulls maul window repairman in TaranakiNew Zealand· 2026-07-07
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
AA Insurance ordered to pay $14k after bungled Mercedes repair sagaNew Zealand· 2026-06-26
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Court cuts jail term for Bali bombing survivor Logan Maxwell in Taranaki meth caseNew Zealand· 2026-06-24
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
HDC breaches orthopaedic surgeon after woman’s leg left up to 3cm longer after hip surgeryNew Zealand· 2026-06-22
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Peter Lindsay Robinson, 68, sent to prison for child sex abuse in WhanganuiNew Zealand· 2026-06-03
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Parents sentenced in Whanganui over neglect of sick teen boy, who later diedNew Zealand· 2026-06-02
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Migrant worker in Rotorua teen sex ring, Nishanth Parakudiyil Prahladan, to be deported from New ZealandNew Zealand· 2026-06-01
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Taranaki medical professional avoids conviction after beating her son with a stickNew Zealand· 2026-05-31
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Judge warns Anaru Yardley jail doors will ‘keep swinging’ without change after New Plymouth stabbingNew Zealand· 2026-03-03
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Court of Appeal hears tutor Rhys Cullen’s challenge against trespass notice from Mount Albert Grammar SchoolNew Zealand· 2026-02-25
Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Garth Timokina Thompson sentenced for triple fatal crash near TaihapeNew Zealand· 2026-02-16
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Sheryl Louden sentenced for being a party to a brutal attack in Ōpunake, South TaranakiNew Zealand· 2026-02-11
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Taranaki man sentenced for punching pregnant partner’s stomach, threatening to kill childrenNew Zealand· 2026-02-09Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
IPCA finds police officer’s use of force on woman who gave him ‘thumbs down’ was unlawfulNew Zealand· 2026-02-03
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Taranaki farmworker Ethan Webster’s life sentence for murdering Jacob Ramsay set to be overturnedNew Zealand· 2025-12-18
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team covering the trial.
High Court trial for murder-accused Rakai Thompson begins after the Waitara, Taranaki death of Te Omeka Akariri-BuckleyNew Zealand· 2025-11-24
Tara Shaskey joined NZME in 2022 and is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Coroner finds Leonard Collett’s fatal fall in Taranaki Base Hospital ED was ‘foreseeable and preventable’New Zealand· 2025-11-10
Tara Shaskey joined NZME in 2022 and is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Taranaki father sentenced for sexual violation, rape of his young daughterNew Zealand· 2025-10-29
Tara Shaskey is an Open Justice news director and journalist who joined NZME in 2022.
Peter Laupama’s aggravated robbery acquittal sent back to the Rotorua District Court for reviewNew Zealand· 2025-10-21
Tara Shaskey is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Mathew Hannon sentenced for manslaughter after he ‘engineered’ neighbour’s deathNew Zealand· 2025-10-08
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Basil Anderson jnr sentenced for killing his father in Pātea, South Taranaki, amid meth psychosisNew Zealand· 2025-10-06
Tara Shaskey joined NZME in 2022 and is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Woman seeking $350k in damages from Taranaki health provider after pregnancy ended in stillbirthNew Zealand· 2025-09-28Tara Shaskey is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Coroner’s inquest probes the death of Leonard Collett after fall at Taranaki’s Emergency DepartmentNew Zealand· 2025-09-26
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team at NZME.
Disputes Tribunal weighs in on father-daughter battle over $5k given for overseas tripNew Zealand· 2025-09-21
Tara Shaskey joined NZME in 2022 and is currently an assistant editor and reporter.
Scott Watson fails to overturn his convictions for murdering Ben Smart and Olivia HopeNew Zealand· 2025-09-10
Tara Shaskey is currently an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
New Plymouth man Anthony Ellison sentenced after bid to post cannabis to the South IslandNew Zealand· 2025-08-26
Tara Shaskey is an assistant editor and reporter for the Open Justice team.
Coroner: Motorcyclist’s speed a factor in Edward Duffy’s fatal mobility scooter crashNew Zealand· 2025-08-19
