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Kiwi got partner out of jail with forged letters claiming terminal cancer

But two years later, the fraud was discovered and it all came crashing down.

Cops move in to confiscate Tribesmen gang's $540k HQ

The shed is on 'tainted' property and used at the Tribesmen's Christchurch headquarters.

Fall from grace: Rugby star bought guns to supply, faked burglary

A judge said it was 'almost unbelievable' to see Matua Parkinson's fall from grace.

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.'

Hidden bush lab: Meth 'bomb' so big it had to be choppered out

The 'terraced' lab was covered in camouflage netting and dug into the side of steep bush.

Man who lived with murdered girlfriend’s corpse for nearly a month denied parole

Gordon Hieatt strangled his girlfriend to death during a fight about rent.

Scott Watson appeal: Controversial evidence relating to hair strands to be tested in court

Watson was convicted of double murder in 1999 and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Police find hundreds of cannabis plants in house - and two overstayers hidden in the roof

Indoor cannabis-growing operation described as a "very serious commercial enterprise".

'I didn’t do it': Ex-mobster loses his cool while giving evidence in murder trial

Defence accused him of torching the place after breaking in and assaulting the woman.

'Broken teeth, fractured eye socket': Prison guards' bloody beating

Inmate Krome Wilson punched one of the guards from behind, sending him to the ground.

Officer assaulted by woman as he stopped her from walking into rescue chopper's blades

She responded by kicking and punching him before trying to bite the officer's arm.

Woman dies from stage four cancer after DHB's systemic failures

The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.

Reliability of witnesses questioned as Scott Watson tries to clear his name

Witnesses helped identify the man last seen with Ben Smart and Oliva Hope.