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'Suffering demons': Man's life after killing motorist in head-on crash

The victim had been heading home after attending Americarna in New Plymouth.

Judge must decide whether $1m cash flow was legitimate

Man says money came from sales of synthetics before they were made illegal.

Cambridge stabbing: Accused pleads not guilty to charges

The accused will stay in custody until another hearing in August.

Murder accused to appear next in Northland court, police appeal for information

Two charges have been laid: murder involving a firearm & unlawful possession of a firearm.

Tauranga homicide: Pair arrested during investigation appear in court

Two people have been charged with aggravated burglary.

Trelise Cooper theft: Florist who received stolen clothing told her role was 'serious offending'

Florist Andrea Edwards was found with $137,000 worth of stolen Trelise Cooper clothing.

Woman has sex with brother; files false rape complaint - he spends 7 months in jail

The woman's false rape complaint saw her brother spend seven months in custody.

Siblings assaulted over spilled toothpaste

One of the boys was grabbed around the throat and slapped in the face.

Life-altering injuries caused by meter reader's split second error

Driver says his actions have "weighed heavily on his conscience" since the crash.

Legal aid: 'We are referring people into a broken system and it's pretty soul destroying'

Law Society says 20,000 people needing legal aid have been turned away.

Goldilocks: Woman breaks into home, cooks a meal and has a bath

The couple even snuck her dogs into the home they broke into.

Coroner finds restraint of prisoner triggered fatal heart arrhythmia

Hawke's Bay prison inmate's death was caused by stress of restraint.

Boy on waiting list with vision problems had an undiagnosed tumour

The boy's mother says she could have lost her son if she didn't go privately.

Suppressed: Pair charged over Parliament protest fight to keep names secret

Pair charged following Parliamentary riot keep names suppressed, partly due to safety.

Crown wants to grab $1m assets after jail term on party pill charge

Hugh James Robinson was jailed for four years for conspiring to deal in party pills.

'Treated differently because of my sexuality': Theology student

Russell Hoban says religion can enable people a free hate pass to say what they want.

A life of crime and regret: He saw police fatally shoot his best mate - years later he killed girl in crash

A man who killed a teen and was involved in a fatal police shooting breaks his silence.

'A nano-second': Elderly driver sentenced after motorcyclist killed

Shane Harnett died in the crash on the intersection of Marsden Point Rd and SH1.