Wellington, Sept 11 NZPA - A jealous lover was today jailed for a claw hammer attack on a man who he believed to be his ex-girlfriend's new partner.

Trevor William Grindrod, 34, was sentenced at the High Court in Wellington to seven years and nine months imprisonment.

Wellington, May 5 NZPA - Name suppression will be lifted tomorrow for the Lower Hutt family charged over the death of a young woman during an alleged makutu, or curse-lifting ceremony.

Wellington, May 4 NZPA - A Lower Hutt family accused over the death of 22-year-old Janet Moses during an alleged makutu , poured water into her eyes and down her throat during the curse-lifting ceremony, a court has been told.