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She met her fake husband on the day she flew to NZ. Why she's allowed to stay

She met her "husband" at the airport, and never saw him again.

'If I was raped in the military I would never come forward': Defence staff speak out

Members of the military say its handling of sexual assault complaints is a 'sick joke'.

$278k bill for Kiwi oil and gas giant over 'harrowing' sackings

Sackings leave oil and gas firm with compensation bill over a quarter of a million dollars

'Apparently if you're drunk you can do what you like': Defence worker keeps job after four alleged sex assaults

'Apparently if you're drunk you can do what you like,' says complainant.

14-yo armed robbery suspect walks free after police botch arrest

Judge believed police wanted to make sure teen didn't get bail again.

Mum 'trying to be Wonder Woman' repressed memory of injuring her son

Despite hazy memory, mum accepted responsibility, was sentenced to 9 months' supervision.

'Neighbour urinated on my fence': Kāinga Ora tenant wins $5k for landlord's inaction

A Kāinga Ora tenant made more than 130 complaints about a noisy, abusive neighbour.

'I hope karma bites you': Teen hit with metal drink bottle suffers brain injury

The teen was at the beach watching ships at sea when he was attacked for his bag.

'Desperate situation': Synthetic cannabis dealing leads to death

The dealer had lost his job and was desperate for money to keep his household afloat.

Additional black mark for former nurse found with child porn

Authorities believe there may have been up to 5300 images on the man's computers.

Mental health carer admits historical sexual offending

The man would regularly babysit the victim, subjecting him to abuse on a weekly basis.

Kiwi metal musician owned hundreds of child porn images and videos

Musician also shared images with others.

Milk tanker attack: Boy racer seeks discharge without conviction

The 18-year-old will keep his name suppression until sentencing in July.

Man admits drug driving causing fiery Waikato fatal truck crash

Blood tests showed Karl McQuillan had methamphetamine in his system at the time.

Gay woman fears returning to Bali but officials won't let her stay in NZ

Tribunal rules that Bali isn't too dangerous for a gay woman to be deported back to.

Boy, 8, permanently disabled in crash caused by 11-time drink-driver

Recidivist drink-driver Peter Stringfellow was subject to supervision when he reoffended.

Dentist sanctioned for poor record-keeping in Covid lockdown

He was hauled up for treating three patients at alert level 3.

Appeal against convictions for threatening to torch an RSA dismissed again

Quinton Berrett wanted to honour Anzac soldiers - but wound up with criminal convictions.