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Botched holiday: Couple lose $6k when booking site refused to budge over 'mistake'

'There are plenty of last-minute deal seekers who may have chanced upon this availability'

Gambled away: Trusted manager's $500,000 fraud leaves workmates traumatised

Katie Watson stole items from her employer, then sold them online to feed her addiction.

Man accused of bedroom fire murder either a 'failed hero' or 'caught red-handed'

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when a fire took hold of her bedroom.

Real estate agent who refused to do Māori course 'knew the consequences'

REA: 'It’s not about indoctrination, it’s about raising awareness and understanding.'

Woman allegedly murdered in bedroom blaze was unconscious, trapped

Emma Field was alive when the fire took hold.

'I need to change my attitude': Furious 11-time drink driver storms out on judge

'You have no insight into the harm you could cause to others,' the judge said.

Woman accuses police of deleting footage related to clan lab

A woman says she and her partner had nothing to do with a meth lab.

'Injured mana': Reformed criminal turned drug counsellor sought $700,000 compensation

Paora Sweeney wanted a marae-based apology from the prison manager for 'injury' to mana.

Oops, he did it again: Repeat drink driver caught a week shy of finishing sentence

He was driving drunk in a vehicle without a court-imposed interlock device.

Tradie accused of $87k of fraud wanted trial thrown out due to 'excessive' delays

Jason Lambert's lawyer argued: “It’s his right to be tried without undue delay.”

'He’s had a tough time': Teen who smashed brick into man's head keeps name secret

His 69-year-old victim says the attack's left him a 'shadow' of his former self.

Crown says Scott Watson was the only one with 'motive and opportunity' to kill

It's the final day of the convicted double murderer's second appeal.

Coca-Cola, Canadian Club, Cody's... and a clandestine lab

Police allege the cans link the defendant to a clan lab in the lower Kaimai Ranges.

Fatal kiss: Murderer grilled about FB comments he was 'born to kill'

Theodore Derrick-Hardie stabbed another teen to death for kissing his ex-girlfriend.

Family lawyer brutally attacked in court lift played dead in hope of survival

'I remember waking on the floor, yelling for help and being in real fear for my life.'

'She knew what she was doing:' Woman sent injured child overseas to avoid police probe

The 35-year-old was accused of assaulting the girl who turned up at school with injuries.

'Moral pressure': Scott Watson's lawyer blasts police tactics used to collar him for double murder

Watson's lawyer: Police concertedly and repeatedly used suggestive practices to secure ID.

'I feel like a stalker': Drunk principal fell off chair during meeting, had affair with teacher aide

She also reduced teachers to tears with the aggressive way she ran her school.