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Man to fight murder charge after alleged incident at Coromandel

Joey Richards will go on trial for murder in May next year.

Teen in sex-abuse case tells court of accused man's violent threat

"He would say, 'shame on you ,no one believes you'," teenage witness tells court.

Father who throat-punched son jailed

The judge told him if he focused on keeping his hands to himself, 'we'll all be happy'.

Failures in post-op care linked to woman's death

Woman's death post surgery linked to multiple failures in her care.

'I just saw red, I know I'm going to get in the s*** for this': Man kills neighbour with brain cancer

It was a gunshot wound to the chest that ended the life of a man with brain cancer.

Driver blames burrito for crash while driving drunk

'I had a couple of beers and was distracted while eating my burrito'.

Damaged ute sold-on for $45k instead of written off

A ute that had been in a serious crash was badly repaired and sold to another customer.

Baby born in ambulance suffered brain damage after oxygen given the wrong way

An overworked, lone paramedic failed to identify how serious the baby's condition was.

Former mayor allowed colleagues to light polluting fire at his business premises

Former mayor found guilty of air pollution although he did not light large rubbish fire.

'Working 100 hours a week', businessman blames stress from pandemic on child porn offending

The man will now be registered on the child sex offender register.

Man accused of murdering mum who was left injured at hospital A&E to stand trial

Zane Paore Wallace will go on trial in the High Court at Whanganui on Monday for murder.

Wiped and missing design files to cost worker $113,000

A sacked architectural designer ignored numerous requests to return work files.

'The first time I've cried': Family grieves as Coroner releases long-awaited findings

Vaughan Te Moananui was spiralling out of control when he pointed a gun at police.

Where is Harmon Wilfred? Bankers are $1 million out of pocket and looking for him

Heartland Bank seeks to serve bankruptcy notice on wife of overstaying American.

'I will get rid of you': Struggling to stay conscious, battered woman pushed out of car

Before pushed out of the car, woman went in and out of consciousness from punch to head.

Housing New Zealand tenant racks-up $40k unpaid rent bill

A housing expert says the man's situation should never have been allowed to get so bad.

'You're f***ing joking': Family outraged at sentence for killer drink driver

Family of a woman killed by her drink driving friend not happy with the sentence.

Diesel spray sparks trawler fire, Talley's to review maintenance procedures

Talleys is now actioning recommendations issued by the TAIC.