Caregiver swindled 94-year-old woman out of $23,000
Melanie Hedley avoided prison "by the finest of margins", the judge said.
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Diego Marques-Santos is banned from New Zealand and from contacting his victims.
Victim left in vegetative state, Mob member gets 2 years
Mob member with history of violence sentenced to two years for vicious assault.
'Hysteria' unhelpful: Call for calm over detention near school
The criminologist says 'people have to live somewhere'.
Gang associate jailed for dark web drug importation
The Dunedin man was linked to the Tribesmen MC when sourcing ecstasy online.
Meth-fuelled driver: Victim's 'journey through hell'
Crash driver's blood test for meth exceeded maximum level the test could handle.
Men convicted after sex session with 15-year-old girl
Victim spent the next year struggling to sleep and considering self-harm.
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The mystery of Dunedin's aquatic visitor has been solved.
Is it time to put the brakes on e-scooters?
Over eight months e-scooters have costed tax-payers nearly $3m in ACC injury claims.
Top wrestler avoids jail for another assault conviction
On New Year's Eve he hit a woman with a bottle and slapped her to the ground.
Proposal could cut 30 jobs in small community
Result would be devastating for the community.
Killer still unfit for release after 22 years behind bars
He used knives, spade to kill woman while her daughter, 2, was in the next room.
Man jailed for threat to 'cut heads off with a machete'
Call to his probation officer ended in 'full rage'. A month later, he lost his cool again.
Think yesterday was cold? Looking back on NZ's coldest day
At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.
Kiwi euthanasia champion guilty of assisted suicide in S Africa
Sean Davison was placed under 3-years house arrest for three assisted suicides.
Man arrested after miniature horse stabbed 41 times
A man has been arrested and charged with cruelty to an animal.
Woman jailed for mother abuse 'needs help, not prison'
Psychotherapist: "Being in prison is unlikely to enable her to access the help she needs."
Identity of rugby clubrooms king-hit accused revealed
Complainant was left lying on the floor of the Green Island rugby clubrooms.
Three days of hell: Woman abuses mother, howls in court
In a three-day span Anita Cumming allowed her 71-year-old mother six hours' sleep.
Girl, 14, accused of attempted murder of police officer refused bail
The girl has spent the past two months at a supervised residence.
Rugby player faces assault charge after alleged clubrooms attack
A young man was left in a critical condition in an alleged attack in Dunedin.
Meet John Lennon's Kiwi family: 'I sipped whisky in Beatles' hotel'
Beatles John Lennon and Ringo Starr met extended family members in Wellington in 1964.
Police identify teens killed in Oamaru crash
Two teens were killed and another injured in a crash in Oamaru North on Wednesday.
Jailed killer in for a surprise on release
Jason Karl Blackler's car isn't in the state he left it in
Temperatures to drop 3C-4C early next week
Auckland is forecast to drop from a high of 17C today to 14C by Tuesday.
Fog dramas: 70 flights cancelled or delayed
Six regional flights have been cancelled at Auckland Airport because of fog.
Eight arrested in Otago drug raids
The raids netted cannabis, meth, MDMA, ammunition and a little over $10,000 in cash.
Wanaka mother flown to Dunedin without baby after birth
It comes after another Wanaka mother had to give birth on her midwife's office floor.
Drink-driver on curfew after threatening to kill court staff member
"You are lucky it's not like Winz and some p*&^% comes in here and blows you away."
Man who beat cat to death sentenced to community work
The defendant had tried to hand feed the cat in his room before killing it.
'I'm still waiting': 30 months later and still no surgery
'The guideline is four months. This has been 30 months so far...'