Waitakere Ranges
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About Waitakere Ranges
The Waitakere Ranges are a chain of hills in the Auckland Region, generally running approximately 25 km from north to south, 25 km west of central Auckland, New Zealand. The ranges and surrounding areas were traditionally known to local Māori as Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa.
Grace Millane murder trial: Backpacker died 'accidentally during sex'
... Grace Millane was found buried in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland The man has admitted putting Ms Millane s body in a suitcase and burying it in the Waitākere Ranges, a mountainous woodland area outside Auckland...
Grace Millane murder accused 'struggled to put body in suitcase'
... Grace Millane was found buried in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland The defendant said he left Ms Millane half in half out of the suitcase in his Auckland hotel room while he went to buy bleach and then again when he went on a Tinder date...
Grace Millane trial: CCTV 'shows backpacker's body in suitcase'
... Grace Millane was found buried in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland She said he had been intense while talking about it and empathetic with the man in the story...
Grace Millane trial: Suspect 'cleaned up blood' in apartment
... On Thursday, the court heard the suspect s phone was used to search for flesh-eating birds and the question are there vultures in New Zealand? Other search terms included the hottest fire and Waitakere Ranges - the location that Ms Millane s body was eventually found in a suitcase...
Grace Millane death: Backpacker and murder accused 'on CCTV'
... The court has been told he buried her later in a suitcase in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland...
Grace Millane death: Prosecution presents first evidence
... The court heard he buried her later in a suitcase in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland...
Grace Millane death: Backpacker and murder accused 'on CCTV'
British backpacker Grace Millane and The Man accused of her murder were spotted kissing on CCTV while on a Tinder date, a court heard.
Footage shows them in bars and at The Hotel where Miss Millane is alleged to have been killed in New Zealand .
Miss Millane, from Wickford, Essex, was on a round-the-world trip when she died in Auckland, last December.
During the date Miss Millane messaged a friend about the defendant, saying "I click with him", The Jury heard.
Referring to the footage "just short of six terabytes of data, which is a significant amount" was examined, detective Adam Bicknell told Auckland High Court.
It shows Miss Millane leaving The Base Backpackers hostel and walking to the Sky City entertainment complex, where she met and embraced the 27-year-old defendant, who cannot be be named for legal Reasons .
CCTV footage shows Grace MillaneThe Trial earlier heard how.
Grace Millane's parents are attending The Trial in AucklandMiss Millane, was last seen in Auckland on 1 December, before her body was found a week later.
Referring to the messages she sent during the date, a letter by her university friend Ameena Ashcroft was read to The Jury .
In it, She Said Miss Millane told her she was "getting smashed" and the date was going "really Good ".
The Prosecution believes The Suspect was not concerned or distressed by the deathIn The Hours before she disappeared Miss Millane and the defendant were seen at a burger bar in the Sky City development, before going to a Mexican cafe And Then the Bluestone Room in Durham Lane.
In The Hours before she disappeared Miss Millane and the defendant were seen in the Sky City DevelopmentFootage shows they spent just over an hour at The Venue , during which time the defendant leaned across and kissed Miss Millane lightly, before then putting his hand on the back of her head and kissing her in a more sustained manner.
They continued kissing and talking for a while, before leaving and walking arm-in-arm down The Street and into the lobby of CityLife at 21:40.
They entered the lifts and Miss Millane followed The Accused Out of the lift to his apartment on the third floor of The Hotel .
Prosecutors allege she was strangled to death in The Apartment .
Simon Atkinson Bbc News , AucklandOn The Face of it this was, as The Lead prosecutor put it, "the sort of evening many a young person travelling The World would enjoy".
Meeting someone, touring bars, drinking and chatting. There were lots of smiles from Grace Millane on the CCTV footage played to the court room.
A text message exchange with a friend in one of those bars read Out in court was an emoji-packed carefree stream of consciousness from a young woman having a Good Time .
But knowing what happened next meant watching those shots of Grace was chilling. I'm told the Millane family had already been taken through the CCTV by police.
Later there were images of a different sort. Seen only by the jurors - intimate pictures of Grace Millane that The Killer took on his phone after Grace had died.
Her mother Gillian sobbed as a police detective in The Witness box was asked about the pictures - until it became too much and she hurried Out - unable to bear hearing any more.
The defence team argues Ms Millane died By Accident during consensual sex, saying "acts designed to enhance sexual pleasure went wrong".
The court has been told he buried her later in a suitcase in the Waitakere Ranges , near Auckland.
Miss Millane's death prompted an outpouring of public grief in New Zealand with the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologising to her family.
The young woman had been on a round-the-world trip, travelling alone in New Zealand for Two Weeks , following Six Weeks in South America .
The Trial is expected to last one month.
wickford, grace millane trial, auckland, new zealand
Source of news: bbc.com
