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'I’ve just signed my life away to that woman': Partner's plea for help after changing will

The alterations, made when he had dementia, meant less went to his three daughters.

'I will be forever sorry': Woman apologises after telling teen driver to run her partner over

Taku Paul was fatally run down during a fight with Ephron Ronaki about missing money.

Fatal distraction: The Snapchatting truckie's countdown to tragedy

Caleb Baker was killed after distracted truck driver Sarah Schmidt ploughed into him.

Mix of verdicts in Tauranga rape trial for RSE workers

But a second man was acquitted of raping her at the end of the 2020 picking season.

'All she wanted was love': The 'gentle and kind' woman behind the murdered sex worker label

Leah Stephens was allegedly killed for talking about a murder she witnessed.

The nickname that enraged a gang member and left a man with a bullet in his chest

A chance meeting at a store led to a shooting, police hunt and three people being charged.

'I’ll shoot you': Barricaded man fired at police during 14-hour siege

An officer feared for his life when the gunman pointed the firearm directly at him.

Murder-accused is 'Dorothy', not the 'Wicked Witch of the West’, defence tells jury

The jury got a taste of a classic fairy tale during Kiri Pini's defence closings today.

'I looked back and he was gone': Harrowing moments of school caving tragedy revealed

'This is hard stuff for any person to hear,' Judge Greg Davis on the events at Abbey Caves

'Go, go, go!' Mates film brutal slaying of wild stag after driver runs it down

The deer then had its throat cut in a 'gratuitous and violent act' that was posted online.

Overseas holidays, sunglasses, botox, cake: How a drug-dealer's wife laundered the cash

Court rejects appeal: "Ample evidence" Paula Toleafoa knew about husband's drug dealing.

'He's a robber, that's what he does': Teen hits dairies after being released from jail

The now 19-year-old was today jailed for three years and eight months.

Deportee behind 17-hour sex attack will clock up at least 20 years in prison

The high-risk offender didn't even bother attending his latest Parole Board hearing.

Fatherhood not enough to stop fisherman drink driving, despite final warning

Judge: 'You have recently served a sentence of home detention and it did not deter you.'

'No remorse': Burglar breaks into neighbour’s unit, sells everything in it

Stolen items included a watch which was the woman's only memento of her late father.

Man who used billboards to ask woman on date wins $19,000 privacy battle against police

Alexander Pryazhnikov paid for seven billboards asking a Wellington woman out on a date.

Woman banned from gas station sends young person in to buy goods with stolen card

Judge warns Jayme Lee Washbourne: 'Your fate is in your hands; prison is close'.

Heavy meth user had been awake for three weeks before alleged killing

Wire Reddington is accused of killing his friend after a night of heavy drinking in 2023.