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Wairoa police raid homes in Raupunga, find drugs and firearms
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Comancheros president to stay behind bars after parole denied
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Wine heist: Rare vintages stolen in $35k 'targeted operation'
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Father turns himself in after grooming and touching daughter for years
He told police he watched incest porn.
A tenant frustrated with her property manager set fire to her rental
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She went into labour at 1am and about nine hours later the baby's father was jailed.
Dairy farm worker murder trial: Colleague recounts grim body-in-bed discovery
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Home invasion cold case: 'It's not too late'
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Epsom stabbing: Mentally unwell man who killed couple was their son
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Murder trial's dramatic twist: Accused's brother takes witness stand
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Identified: Teens caught on camera tagging Rolleston wall are 14yo's
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Greyhound trainer admits meth habit after dog tests positive
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Acupuncturist forged $239,000 of ACC claims, spent it on lover
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Police find dead 2yo boy in stolen family SUV after dad killed
Young boy found dead in car hours after a man fatally shot his dad at a petrol station.
'Do better': Judge rejects mental health service's bid to discharge 'suffering' man
The defendant is subject to an inpatient order but the service wants to discharge him.
Black Power defence: Murder accused said endangering gang president akin to death warrant
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Homicide investigation under way after woman's body discovered in Manurewa house fire
Police had recovered the woman's body from inside the scene of house fire.
'Nasty': Ex calls woman's employer with false claims about 'inappropriate' behaviour
He called for her to be sacked by the hospital and as a result, she was investigated.
Watch: Security screen foils ram raid at boutique wine store
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Back behind bars: Sex offender, missing for two years, hands himself in
Lars Peka was the subject of three police appeals for information when he was on the run.
Opinion: Survivors should not be made to feel attackers' lives are worth more
Opinion: It is easy to get away with rape and sexual assault in our beautiful country.
Jealous man ploughs car into quad bike being driven by his ex and her male friend
The male was thrown from the bike and suffered a devastating head injury.
Wealthy Auckland school fundraiser descends into boozy brawl
Police are investigating after the fundraiser descended into boozy and violent mayhem.
Furious parents demand principal step down at school which hired sexual abuser
The teacher aide resigned last week after his past record was revealed.
Frustrated dad repeatedly pounded daughter's head into cupboard door
A judge says the man "simply lost it" when the 11-year-old wouldn't go to bed.
Man's 44-year sexual offending in Australia and NZ revealed
Glenn Kiddell was jailed today on child porn charges.
Popular NZ TikTok influencer arrested for attempted murder in US
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Man who killed flatmate by stomping on his head offered forgiveness
Te Hana stomped on Graham's head for a third time following a racial slur.