Patea will have to serve at least 30 years and is eligible for parole in May 2048.

Man won't be free after spending 34 years behind bars for murder he says never happened.

Jade Walker, sister of Dylan Walker, will be bailed, provided she can find her passport.

Veteran Australian actor played Morag Bellingham, sister of Alf, on the soap.

Lionel Patea's brutal murder of the Kiwi mother of his child was not his first killing.

Rape of 2yo horrified Australia, but damning report shows it could've been prevented.

Convicted drug smuggler wrote on her incoming passenger card on her return from Bali.

Secret police recordings have revealed cover-up methods the family used to hide murder.

Patients in New Zealand deserve better care than this, nurse tells.

Sydney music teacher accused of indecently assaulting a six-year-old refused bail.

The schoolboy was 'in shock' when he discovered what was sealed inside his lunch snack.

Disturbing new details from unearthed police statement reveal more about girl's murder.

The outage caused a series of failures on both sides of the Tasman.

Beneath the idyllic setting of Palmer's foster home lay a house of lies.

Bill before Parliament could see paramedic attackers jailed under new law.

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Kiwi gran caught supplying heroin from her Sydney flat feared she would be deported.

Australian grandmother mistakenly went through immigration when drugs were found.

A Sydney grandmother has been sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia.

A medical centre posted a sign that outraged a patient, who posted it on social media.

Four-year prison sentences for men who raped student in alley then bragged to their mates.

There will be no extensions in the current search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight

A former Waikato DHB chief executive is wanted in Australia on nepotism charges.

Australian authorities have stayed silent about MH370 theories - until now.

The man once seen as New Zealand's first Māori police commissioner no longer has a job.

Charlotte Carter gets her first taste of eco-tourism on a day trip to Lady Elliot Island.

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Yates was on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday with his wife when he racked up whopping bill.

The Prime Minister says no government funds welfare for its citizens in another country.

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