Rare sentence for rapist who posed as teen on Snapchat to lure 13yo victim
He insists it's all a conspiracy, leaving no hope for rehabilitation, the Crown says.
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Police are still seeking sightings of a 1999 blue and silver Mitsubishi L200.
FMA issues warning about crypto company's investment scheme
It says the unlicensed scheme may have caused "significant detriment" to investors.
Inside the Comancheros revenge plot against bodybuilder's family after gang exit stoush
It was a messy break-up for the high-ranking patched member. His family paid the price.
Teen who bashed mother to death with dumbbell says life sentence is unfair
Jordan Taylor's lawyers say his upbringing and age should have been taken into account.
'Stop ringing and calling people': Gang member tells mum while arranging drug drop
Sherryn Erikson’s home in Blockhouse Bay was used as the drop-off point in Auckland.
Armed police arrest two, seize firearm in South Auckland raid
A 38-year-old man is charged with unlawful possession of a pistol.
Jail for woman who stabbed cabbie six times after announcing she couldn't pay fare
The woman, who had been out of prison less than a month, victimised an Afghan refugee.
'Please God, not my son': Family's pain remains as killer confesses 20 years on
Michael Slade died in a house bus fire that police thought was accidental.
'Grossest depravity': Man jailed for helping run child sex abuse website
Family bewildered 'gentle and loyal man' could be involved in harming children.
Woman who set her own home alight rescued by heroic neighbour - then jailed
Kristle Manuel was unconscious in her burning Blenheim home when help arrived.
'Heartbroken': Father jailed after breaking baby's leg, arms, ribs and skull
The 22-year-old initially tried to claim his 3-month-old son had fallen off the bed.
Man says he walked into a room to see his fiancee being raped
'It's not what it looks like,' the man accused of rape allegedly told her fiance.
'A bloody beating': Police find victim unsteady on his feet at scene of fatal attack
Javon Aranui was rushed to hospital in an ambulance but died the next day.
'It makes me sick': 'Peeping Tom' secretly took thousands of pics of naked uni students
'Peeping Tom' Moana Tekawa has now been jailed, again.
NZ's largest corporate corruption case: How two Australians duped Spark with $20m in contracts
Corrupt company directors Sean Bryan and Mark Lester are headed to prison.
Lake Taupō mystery: Photos identify Russian stuntman missing 22 years
Bones found near Motutere have been formally identified as man missing since 2002.
Opinion: Denying prisoners the vote undermines democratic values
Imprisonment aims to incapacitate, deter, rehabilitate, and enact retribution.
High-risk sex offender abused boy, 4, while in emergency housing
'Something's not right up here', he admitted when police asked why he abused two victims.
'Feared for her life': Man tried to strangle ex before setting her clothes on fire
A man hit his ex-girlfriend on the head and when she fled upstairs, he burned her clothes.
Fatally injured man lived long enough to tell police he was 'jumped'
Two people are on trial for Javon Aranui's murder in Hastings in 2023.
Arsonist blames meth and psychedelics after $4m Auckland lodge destroyed in blaze
She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.
Sentencing for City Garden Lodge backpackers arsonist
Sentencing for arsonist Corena Flavell, who torched City Garden Lodge backpackers in Parnell. Video / Jason Dorday
Ex-top cop's 'super injunction' lifts but media can't report details of allegations
Former deputy police commissioner fighting to stop publication of new allegations.
Businessman faked firms to claim $1.8m Covid subsidies, funding luxury lifestyle
SFO boss Karen Chang described Im’s offending as 'deliberate and wide-reaching'.
Police inquiring after 'altercation' in Kaitāia
Police say no one had been located with injuries so far.
Abused, addicted but not deported: Mum of six avoids 501 deportation after armed robbery
NZ woman helped plan armed robbery at her former workplace in Melbourne.
Former police officer and wife arrested after attack at Boyz II Men concert at Spark Arena
An ex-police officer threatened to dig up the victim's deceased mum.
Watch: Brave shopkeepers take on armed robbers with chair, boxes
Dramatic video shows the workers foiling a robbery attempt.
Shopkeepers foil robbery attempt in Manukau
The electronics shop fought back against the group by chucking items at them from behind the counter. Video / Supplied
Second driver honked at man standing on road minutes before woman drove with stranger on bonnet
Another woman encountered a man waving in the middle of Butley Rd.
Manhunt still underway, one charged after police swarm LynnMall
Police swarmed the West Auckland mall yesterday hunting for armed robbers.
Police arrest fleeing driver of stolen car after Otahuhu chase
A 28-year-old man was arrested and is due to appear in court tomorrow. Video / Supplied