Hamilton shoplifter says she can ‘go where I want’ after being caught by police

Belinda FeekOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Waikato·NZ Herald·29 Aug, 2026 06:00 AM4 mins to read‌Open Justice reporter Belinda Feek joins Jane Yee on Case by Case to explain how shoplifting has evolved in NZ to become bolder and more dangerous.After being caught stealing from Kmart, a recidivist shoplifter told police she could go where she wanted. “I’m not trespassed; I was born here. I’m Tainui. I can go where I want,” Karrie-Ann Tiny Moana Lee Ngahere said. She was later taken to Hamilton Central police station, where Ngahere