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'Incredibly frightening:' Solo mum afraid of entering shops after dairy robbery

The woman and her daughter were in a dairy when a masked man told her to fill a backpack.

Man uses leaf blower to unlock car and drive drunk

The 'self-confessed alcoholic' is seeking to enter rehabilitation.

International drug-traffickers serving different sentences despite being 'equal partners’

Court acknowledged one dealer was 'serving a significantly more lenient sentence'.

'Motivated by money': Crown argues against Comancheros' appeal

One described himself as the "muscle" for the gang; the other was stopped with $250k.

Bar owner who groped, kissed employee to pay her more than $35,000

Staff members and customers warned the woman not to be left alone with her boss.

Ex political figure pleads not guilty to child sex assault

The alleged offending against two teenage boys happened in the 1990s.

Gynaecologists scrutinised by health watchdog for inadequate consent

Both women will receive apologies for the inadequate consent provided by the clinicians.

'I'm going to burn you': Mum scalds child for wetting himself

The mother scolded the boy with a hot spoon, frustrated at him for wetting his pants.

'He'll never work again': Morphine overdose leads to brain injury

A throat cancer patient was pumped with so much morphine his brain was deprived of oxygen.

Real estate agent turned himself in for touching young granddaughters

He did it when they were playing outside, mowing the lawn, or painting pine cones.

Rainbow groups fail in High Court challenge to Posie Parker's entry to NZ

LGBTQIA+ groups have taken their fight to court opposing the anti-transgender 'activist'.

'Catastrophic injury': Whippy the greyhound rescued, owner convicted

The SPCA rescued Whippy saying it was horrific to think what the dog was going through.

36 years later: Mum of murdered schoolgirl in legal battle with daughter's killer

Colleen Burrows was raped and killed at a Mongrel Mob gang pad.

'Predatory, grooming' caregiver gets 8.5 years' jail for child sex abuse

The kaumātua, now 77, took into his care two young girls then sexually abused them.

'Deliberate, planned offending': Teen on home detention when he stole cars for night-time ram-raids

“There are a lot of victims” - Judge Gary Collins.

Real estate agent tried to wrench engagement ring off former partner, telling her he no longer wanted to marry her

Victim tells court her former partner's 'perfect public image' made her 'feel sick'.

ACC appeals against decision to pay sexual abuse survivor 'potential earnings'

The sexual abuse TN suffered at the hands of extended family was 'grievous'.

'Stupid decision': Anaesthetist technician lied about drink-driving conviction

'I have made mistakes but I’m not a bad person'.