The delay in this story being published by the NZ Herald ( a big thanks to NZ Herald reporter Rob Kidd for following this story up, and keeping up with developments) was the attempted (and then abandoned) High Court Appeal by King.
Here is the link to the NZ Herald article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11645300
This is the hard copy article:
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The “40 previous convictions” piece in the article will certainly come as a surprise to many, as it is likely that King had a string of offences to his name when he ripped off his later victims.
Here is the full 2015 Conviction Summary of Grant King:
Grant King 2015 Verdict Waitakere District Court
Here is the 2015 Sentencing Judgment of Grant King:
Jail Sentence Judgment Dec 2015
Here is the 2015 High Court Public Examination Judgment of Grant King:
CIV-2010-404-1124 06-03-2015 Grant King High Court Public Examination Judgment
http://offenders.sst.org.nz/?archive_template=search.php&s=grant+king&post_type=offenders
Grant King – Convicted Sex Offender.
Grant King Offender Timeline 1982 – present-day
Grant King Media Articles Library Summary
Grant King High Court Public Examination 2014
NZ Gazette Notice of Grant King Public Examination