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School tragedy: Popular teen drowned during snorkelling lesson

Ethan Fitzpatrick was in the water with other students when he got into trouble.

Swallowed magnets: NZME fined

GrabOne sold a toy with prohibited parts, which a child later swallowed.

Gang president's manslaughter conviction deemed a miscarriage of justice

Damien Kuru has lost his appeal against his manslaughter conviction.

‘She needs a shower, not an ambulance’: Woman's 15-hour wait for help after 'brutal' beating

Instead of calling an ambulance, the assailant bathed the woman and cut her hair.

Beckenridge and stepson not in car when it went off cliff, court hears

A private investigator claims the pair camped near the cliff before fleeing.

'Worst of their kind’: Former surgeon caught with NZ's biggest collection of child sex images

The sentencing brought the judge and others in court to tears.

'I'm not a violent man': Murder accused says he's a gangster rapper, not a killer

The defendant also said he only covers his face with a mask in his rap music videos.

'Driven by greed': Te Kūiti's $2.5m fraudster gets parole

Sharon Margaret Bradley is banned from entering her former hometown.

‘Extremely disappointed’: Mark Lundy’s family react to parole board rejection of early release

'The fight for the truth is far from over' - Lundy's family.

'It was them': Woman adamant she spotted missing boy and stepdad overseas

A witness describes her mad dash to tell police what she saw.

Police failed to respond to allegations in-house doctor sexually assaulted recruits

At least seven complaints were made over a 15-year period.

Housing charity ordered to reinstate sacked employee

Habitat for Humanity sacked its Nelson manager - now an authority has ordered he return.

Realtor allegedly tried to convince buyer to lie about reasons for rejecting house

The $2 million house had just failed a building inspection.

Dog gone: 'there was virtually no lawn left': tenant ordered to pay up.

Not only did the dog ruin the lawn, it used the carpet inside as a toilet.

Employment row: High school board ordered to pay former assistant principal

The school launched a claim against a former staffer - but they weren't allowed.

Missing boy was ‘out of breath, panicky’ the day he disappeared

'He seemed out of sorts, a bit worried and concerned'.

Meth-using killer fails in appeal against murder conviction

Moetū Kaitai appealed on three grounds, all relating to the trial judge's summing-up.

'Knife to a fist fight': Coromandel man found guilty of brother's murder

The jury deliberated for six-and-a-half hours to reach their verdicts this afternoon.