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Kristle Manuel was unconscious in her burning Blenheim home when help arrived.
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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.
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Javon Aranui was rushed to hospital in an ambulance but died the next day.
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'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
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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'
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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
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Police inquiring after 'altercation' in Kaitāia
Police say no one had been located with injuries so far.
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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.
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Shopkeepers foil robbery attempt in Manukau
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Second driver honked at man standing on road minutes before woman drove with stranger on bonnet
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Police swarmed the West Auckland mall yesterday hunting for armed robbers.
Police arrest fleeing driver of stolen car after Otahuhu chase
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'Armed police, open the door': Cinema cleared as officers sweep mall; man arrested, one on run
Members of the public in the area are advised to follow instructions from police officers.
'You wait. I’ll get you': Motorist mowed down sister's abusive partner
Now he's appealed, saying prison was manifestly excessive for the crime.
Teen claims she was kicked in the head for not handing over her $700 hoodie
But the other teen claims she ended up with the hoodie after a mutual clothing swap.
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Teen homicide victim Kaea Karauria will be laid to rest next to his beloved Papa.
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'Money mule' was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted after threatening to blow the whistle.
'Longstanding antipathy': Man stabbed cop in the head so hard the knife broke
Vaughan Elliot Subritzky has been jailed for the stabbing of a police officer.
Youth worker and brother of ex-MP guilty of historical child sex abuse
'I know what this is about', Taiawa Harawira said when police came to arrest him.