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Man extradited to stand trial for assault on partner's late father

A man's lost his bid to stay in NZ and avoid criminal trial across the ditch.

'The abuse of that monster': Court hears rage as paedophile's victims demand justice

Hunt faces preventative detention; court hears of decades-long pattern of abuse.

Family hide camera in elderly man's room, see rest home carers abusing him

Hidden camera footage exposes abuse at Ōamaru care facility.

Luxury estate couple taken to court for refusing to pay levies over unmowed lawn, weeds

The judge likened it to not paying rates because the potholes had not been fixed.

Builder made false insurance claim on $1.3m policy after build was damaged by heavy rain

He told the client he had taken out $2m in cover, but hadn't. Then it rained.

'Crime pays all day': The life and times of a self-proclaimed 'real gangsta' and now convicted rapist

'I just want to get out of here and go back to prison,' he once yelled at the judge.

'I'm gonna blow': Police swoop on man who called Parliament threatening murder

He said he planned to harm children because his family was being taken advantage of.

Fake landlord with 180 convictions left young, pregnant couple homeless before Christmas

After losing $3600 to the rental scam, the couple had to live in emergency accommodation.

Man who brutally murdered his friend, biting chunks from his ear, jailed for life

Wire Reddington had been on a two-day bender when he murdered Jamie Gill last year.

Locum midwife fails labouring mother, baby dies during birth after shoulder gets trapped

The Health and Disability Commissioner found several failures by the midwife.

Police seize Hastings homes, cars and $68k in Louis Vuitton handbag linked to meth ring

Police say encrypted messages found indicated the distribution of meth worth $1.54m.

‘She wants them back’: Cannabis grower pleads for police to return mum's pots

'My mother asked me to ask if I could get them back. She will get upset otherwise'.

'I’m horribly ashamed': What did a lawyer spend $700k of his client’s money on?

Aaron Nicholls couldn't tell a tribunal exactly what he'd spent his client's money on.

Tauranga man who sexually violated woman after work function named

She woke in the early hours to a man, who can now be named, 'forcefully' violating her.

'Easy money': Woman stole $7k from grandmother, then used pushchair in shoplifting spree

Grandmother is said to be 'very cross' about what happened.

Girl confronted church volunteer after learning about sexual abuse at school

Stephen Rolston has been jailed for the 'distressing' abuse which lasted seven years.

Judge intervenes after 14-year-old girl faced second night in police cells

A lawyer says social workers are spending the night with youths as there are no beds.

How $20 and two cannabis roaches got two men locked up for three years

'Clearly, it was a stupid thing to do', a judge pointed out.