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German tourist stabbed by drunk man who couldn't find his car keys
Kenneth Green swung a knife 35 times, stabbing the victim he had been drinking with twice.
'Every day I hear his music': Family mourn hip-hop artist as killer driver jailed
She had three chances to rectify her bad driving before the fatal crash occurred - Crown.
'Considerable havoc': Man banned from running a business for life
Michael Le Roy has repeatedly caused environmental harm.
'Thought I was going to die': Port worker fell 12m into the sea at night
No one knew he'd fallen after a guard rail gave way while he was loading containers.
‘Something out of a horror movie': Parole board describes man's abduction and sexual assault of jogger
Haydn Christy was jailed in 2016 for 12 years with an 8-year minimum non-parole period.
Pet dog Mike found starved to death in kennel, tethered by rusty chain
The owner said he knew his dog was unwell but couldn't afford to get him checked.
'Captured in buckets': Staff rush to try to contain water pouring through court ceiling
The ministry has confirmed the leak came from water reservoirs stored on the court's roof.
‘Let nature take its course': NZ woman wins court order that could let her starve to death
Doctors say the woman isn't physically ill, but psychologically believes that she is.
Inmate imported $15m of drugs into NZ - all from behind bars
Gang member Elijah Daveron used phones that were smuggled into prison for the deals.
Hospital's standard of care fell short: Baby stillborn after high-risk mum had three bleeds
The HDC is critical about some aspects of the woman's care at Auckland Hospital.
'We could have saved my mum's life': Family's complaint after delayed cancer diagnosis
A woman's ultrasound of a pelvic mass was delayed by six months due to a clerical error.
Woman claims ex forced her into pregnancy, raped and threatened to cut her throat
The woman described the few months she lived with the man as the worst time of her life.
'I was just watering them': Man living in converted drug house denies being part of cannabis op
Thanh Truong Ho will likely be deported after serving his jail sentence.
Hong Kong man ordered to leave NZ after breaking cat's bones while toilet training, showering it
The cat had a list of injuries and needed to be euthanised.
Fire and Emergency tried to sack firefighter for pooling allowances to buy groceries for team meals
Employment Relations Authority found Fire and Emergency breached employee's privacy.
Child sex offender persistently asked teen to undress for cash
He continued to show her notes he wrote on his phone asking for indecent acts.
'Cold turkey': Former drug-taking league player avoids 501 deportation after remarkable turnaround
'Rot set in' when the drug user turned to methamphetamine. He later beat his addiction.
Son loses legal battle over house bought with parents' savings
A man refused to hand over a house purchased in his name for his parents' retirement.
Man jailed for sending girl, 14, semi-naked photos of himself
He then asked for a lighter sentence when he was put on the child sex offender register.
'Aroha mai': Murder-accused apologises to grieving whānau after denying charge
Archibald McKenzie's body was found in a Kawakawa car park last month.
Wedding celebration turns to tragedy after woman causes crash that killed her sister
Four others were also injured in the Wanaka crash last year.
'Big bang': Tourist recalls moment he escaped house bus fire that killed his wife
Jirong Wang was found dead inside the bus; Airbnb owner 'deeply shaken'.
'He played two people': Woman says allegedly abusive ex wrapped wire around his own neck
She warned other women about him on social media, saying he was psychologically abusive.
Battered pensioner bound and dumped in carpark before attackers burgled his home
Pier Raviola died in hospital several days after the brutal attack.
'Cheers for the memories': A rapist's text after motel violation of impaired woman
Jury found Rigby guilty of rape in one instance, but not guilty of other sexual charges.
'Why are you being an idiot?': Young banned driver convicted again
'Eventually, we say ‘enough’s enough’, and you will go to jail.'
'We'd get secondhand stuff': Businessman allegedly swapped new appliances with his old ones
The former company director says he's never seen the weed spray unit that was bought.