Australian 'mushroom poisoner' was 'reluctant' to show guests her kitchen pantry at beef Wellington lunch that left three dead, sole survivor tells court

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 11:15 UTC

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He said the accused also rejected offers of help before serving up the dish - a beef Wellington entirely encased in pastry and filled with 'steak and mushrooms'

Mushroom chef Erin Patterson bragged about 'hiding mushrooms in everything' to Facebook chums before asking them for advice on how to cook a beef Wellington

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 07:55 UTC

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Erin Patterson told friends she was 'hiding mushrooms in everything' after buying a dehydrator in the lead-up to her deadly lunch.

Father-in-law of Australian 'mushroom poisoner' was 'hunched' in pain before he died having eaten laced beef Wellington, her husband tells court

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 09:20 UTC

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On the second day of a trial that has drawn global attention, the accused woman's husband Simon Patterson, described seeing his parents in hospital after they had been poisoned.

Deadly beef Wellington lunch was a 'terrible accident' and 'tragedy', says Australian 'mushroom poisoner' as trial gets underway

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:45 UTC

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Erin Patterson , 50, allegedly killed her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, with death cap mushrooms .

The reason Erin Patterson allegedly used to invite her in-laws over to a deadly mushroom lunch is revealed - as she's accused of eating off a different coloured plate

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 06:35 UTC

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The alleged reason why Erin Patterson invited her in-laws over for a poisonous beef Wellington has been revealed in court.

‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 06:55 UTC

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Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside building

At a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no…

‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: Portuguese millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 05:45 UTC

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Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside building

At a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no…

Fifty years on, New Zealand’s tribunal upholding Māori rights faces a turning point

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 00:35 UTC

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The Waitangi Tribunal has had a significant impact on Indigenous rights and policy but as it marks its 50th anniversary its role is being questioned

In the 1980s, New Zealand’s department of Māori aff…

British 'murder-suicide' couple were 'dream neighbours' and the wife 'had felt unsafe in London before moving to New Zealand', local reveals

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 11:15 UTC

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The couple, believed to have been in their 50s, were found late on Monday after police forced their way into a rented property in Roseneath, Wellington

UK couple's death in New Zealand probed as murder-suicide

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 08:50 UTC

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The bodies were found after officers forced entry to a house in Roseneath, near Wellington, on Monday.