The eight men arrived in New Zealand to find the jobs did not exist.

Ford Tutaki beat and tortured the woman for a month before help arrived.

He wanted to have sex with the fake girl even after she told him her age.

Name suppression lifts for three of four defendants accused over homeless man's death.

Ariki Rigby’s body was found in a car parked near Havelock North in September 2022.

Christopher Connell's last words to police before he died were that he 'loved life'.

The inquiry is likely to examine warnings, weather forecasts, landslide and flood risks.

Street dweller Boy Taylor was known in the Napier CBD as friendly and sometimes talkative.

Satchie Govender: 'They were having a barbecue while she was digging her own grave'.

Reihana Cooper tied makeshift weapons to his hands before the attack.

She was stabbed repeatedly in the face, upper torso and abdomen by a man in her home.

He has been jailed again and will remain on the sex offender register for life.

Dali Susanto's ex wanted him to have a “full and active role” in his children’s lives.

'I just want to get out of here and go back to prison,' he once yelled at the judge.

Police say the victim showed 'courage and tenacity' in coming forward.

Police say encrypted messages found indicated the distribution of meth worth $1.54m.

Judge: 'Colourful is a polite description. It’s not colourful. It’s abusive.'

Susanto took police to where magic mushrooms grew wild.

Jake William Duncan died on a Hawke's Bay forestry site in 2021.

Coronial inquest: The deaths are among 18 linked to the Auckland floods and Gabrielle.

The 23-year-old appealed his sentence saying jail would hinder his ability to be a dad.

Seven Black Power members attacked a Nomad inmate after 'an unwanted sexual advance'.

Jimmy Heremaia is being held at his own request in the segregation unit of a prison.

Oranga Tamariki staff incorrectly handled concerns reported to them, a coroner found.

Part of the ordeal, carried out by other women, was filmed and posted on social media.

Judge: Eye surgeon could have stopped practising but chose to try to bend the rules.

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

'She should have seen the traffic ... what she did see for 14 seconds is her phone.'

Doctor tried to keep practising under Māori customary law.

Justice Karen Grau acknowledged emotions were 'very raw' for victim's family.

Speeding driver Raymond Tairua-Gray drowned after his unsafe car crashed into a creek.

Woman abused as little girl confronts abuser in court.

Eruera Peratiaki threw apple at duck, chased it, kicked it and stomped on its head.

Two women who owned them are now banned from owning horses for five years.

'This is a hit and it's come from the captain,' victim told before he was attacked.

The man was then assaulted before locking himself, his pregnant wife and kids in a room.

The burglar had held the police dog's jaws shut with both hands.

Dali Susanton even took police to a place where magic mushrooms grow.

Joshua van Hooijdonk and Maja Sanders died in a crash on SH5, near Te Pōhue, in 2020.

Police looked for 'buried money' but it meant the cash had been spent on renovations.

The 3000-page report calls for apologies, redress and police investigations.

Former Muldoon secretary and probation officer became involved with 'serious criminal'.

Arohaina Henare was stabbed to death by Moses Mohi Taua in 2022.

Court case was in the public interest - campaigners says costs ruling 'really unfair'.

Police: 'She’s shown a tremendous amount of courage to come forward and make a complaint.'

Crown: 'Does it make any sense that she should make up false allegations about him?'

A pharmacy contacted the Medical Council after receiving prescriptions from the doctor.

The man says he's got an alibi: 'It would be impossible for me to commit these offences'.

'Blood is thicker than common sense,' says defence lawyer.

Now a father and son are on trial together in the High Court at Napier.

Bishop associated with Brydon Boyce, who had meth in his system at time of fatal crash.

When Freedom Walker visited her partner in jail, she took meth and cannabis with her.

Police say they have intercepted numerous Alfa Carbines cut down to hand guns.

Teenagers netted $140,000 of watches, rings and medallions in 45-second raid.

Man remanded on bail to appear in the Hastings court again on July 2.

Trial date set for September 2025.

Recidivist offender's chilling words: 'I can't let you go because you'll nark.'

Fluoridation in Hastings water recommenced on April 8, 2024.

Prosecution followed inspection which found non-compliant sleepware in Napier store.

The attack was captured on the prison’s CCTV.

Paul Sutton can only afford to make repayments of $15 a week.

The murder-accused has been remanded in custody and has name suppression.

Victims included an innocent householder, a prison guard, a policewoman and two inmates.

One girl who ran to escape returned to help her sister.

Review by prison inspectorate is under way after gang-related assault.

Jurors and lawyers waited outside while broken glass was cleared away.

Woman did not know two men who picked her up and took her to a motel.

Police thank people who provided information as gang associates are sent to jail.

A set of keys with a GPS fob attached was one of the items Layna Brown stole.

Murder trial scheduled for August 2025.

Court told Hastings council has had 25 other breaches since 2019.

Family's lives 'achingly quiet' after loved one's death, daughter tells court.

The prisoner was charged with attacking the bird, which had to be put down.

Daniel Eliu was shot dead outside a South Auckland church.

Stephen Wayne Beattie hid phone in girl's bedroom to make videos of her.

Stephen Elliot was originally jailed for assaulting them in a Salvation Army store.

One of the victims has moved away, still fearful of the Black Power associates.

RSE pay deduction issues are likely to 'resonate' throughout NZ, lawyer tells court.