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A man fatally shot in the Motu Valley, 40km southeast of Opotiki, on Saturday was Munirangi Boxer Collier, a 35-year-old local. A 43-year-old man who surrendered to the police will appear in Whakatane District Court today.
Tauranga detectives have charged a 37-year-old with murder after Shane Donald Kurth, 33, was fatally stabbed in his flat in the suburb of Judea on Friday. The arrested man will appear in Tauranga District Court today.
In Blenheim, a 34-year-old has been charged with murder after the shooting death of a man outside the Lone Legion motorcycle gang's headquarters in Gascoigne St, Riversdale.
The murder accused and four other men charged with unlawful assembly will appear in the local district court today.
