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Landlord tried to evict disabled car crash victim for not keeping rental clean

The tenant would have been left homeless if the landlord had been successful.

'Utterly inexplicable:' Prominent Kiwi winegrower fined $15k for smuggling vine cuttings

'His knowledge of the risk would have been far greater than the average New Zealander.'

‘Houdini’ police escape artist jailed for part in Mongrel Mob meth manufacture

Elijah Waterman organised a truck driver to avoid the Covid-19 Auckland border.

Addict who claimed chemicals for repainting cars jailed for making ‘fantasy’ drug

Harry Penman bought almost a thousand litres of bulk resin remover to make GBL.

Man accused of abusing five cousins

A man's facing 27 charges related to the sexual abuse of 5 cousins.

Murderers who stabbed man who ‘narked’ on Mongrel Mob boss get extra jail time

The men murdered Eli Johnson in 2022 for 'narking' on a gang boss.

'Dehumanising and degrading:' Man's abuse left woman unable to breastfeed

Adam Thomas Ross' abuse spanned two-and-a-half years.

Coroner rules Dunedin man’s death from Covid vax may have been prevented

HDC finds failing to provide information was a prima facie breach of the health code.

Sean Plunket v Ani O’Brien: Round two of employment dispute

The Platform's former head of digital claims she was unfairly dismissed.

'Punished for his mistake already': No conviction for dad after son's driveway death

Father wipes away tears as judge agrees he has suffered enough.

Guilty: Car thief caused death of Mercedes owner in high-speed crash

The verdict has helped to bring closure to Allister Christie's family.

'Surreal, raw and tender': Murder-accused in court after death at accommodation complex

Whatitiri Whakaruru, 26, died last month after being fatally stabbed in South Taranaki.

‘I chopped up my wife’: Papatoetoe meat cleaver wife murderer to remain behind bars

Zeshen Zhou couldn't handle his marriage ending, so he killed his wife.

'Why can’t you just love me?': Violent man breaks into woman's home, lays out lingerie

Sonny Paul went on to physically and sexually assault his victim.

Tribunal says real estate firm's 'numerous breaches' put public at risk

The real estate firm says the failures were due to human error and faulty systems.

Wanted man arrested, facing drugs and car theft charges

Police made a public appeal to help locate Quaide Clements.

Police Conduct Authority: Use of police dog van to knock down offender 'justified'

The offender claimed it wasn’t justified because he had surrendered before being struck.

UK man ordered to leave NZ after raping woman he met on dating app

Once he's finished his sentence, he has three months to pack up and leave.