'She just wanted to go home to her baby': Father describes daughter's last moments before fatal hit and run
Jason Tuitama told police: 'I know I shouldn't have driven; I've drunk too much.'
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Polkinghorne murder trial: rope expert and evidence of bedroom's disarray dominate day four
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of strangling his wife and staging it as a suicide.
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Philip Polkinghorne murder trial: Jurors hear from Canadian rope expert
Detectives have questioned the rope used in Pauline Hanna's death.
Man who laughed as he murdered sex worker too dangerous for prison release
Peter Waihape murdered the young mother in 2005 and was sentenced to life in prison.
Philip Polkinghorne trial: How a suicide call-out morphed into a murder investigation
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having strangled his wife in their Remuera home.
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Watch: 3D video of Polkinghorne's home the day Pauline Hanna found dead
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having strangled his wife and staged a suicide.
Father of murder victim offers love and prayers to teen killers
'We do not seek revenge.' A father's emotional message to his son's killers.
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‘Didn’t seem to be any emotion’: Detective’s ride with Polkinghorne to station
The trial has entered day three.
Officer scribbled coded message on hand after Polkinghorne’s sworn statement
Prosecutors say the surgeon strangled his wife but tried to pass it as a suicide.
Police hope Yanfei Bao autopsy will help ‘tell a full story’ after remains found
The Christchurch 44-year-old has been missing for more than a year.
Constable recalls Polkinghorne with belt in his hands 'twirling it'
The eye surgeon is accused of having staged his wife's murder as a suicide.
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Polkinghorne 'reasonably calm' with unexplained scratch on head at death scene, court told
The Crown alleged a 'double life', but the defence said open relationship was consensual.
Boy locked up at home 'starved to death', sick texts reveal harrowing final days
His father and stepmother were supposed to take care him. Now he's dead.
Escorts, meth and a staged suicide alleged as surgeon Philip Polkinghorne tried for murder
The Crown alleged a 'double life', the defence said the open relationship was consensual.
Listen: 'My wife's dead' – Jury hears Polkinghorne's 111 call
He is accused of having killed wife Pauline Hanna in 2021.
Man accused of murdering his wife on Valentine’s Day unfit to stand trial
Levonne Kaye Wensor, 48, was found dead at her New Plymouth home in February 2022.
Mother left with boot imprint on forehead after partner’s attack
Kiro Fortes strangled woman before throwing her to the ground and stomping on her.
Murder-accused dad has 'no regrets' over 8yo daughter's death
Police talk to man accused of murdering daughter by withholding medication.
An exonerated man was ‘50 feet from freedom’. Then a court stopped him
Christopher Dunn was steps away from freedom.
Man found critically hurt in Splash Planet carpark
The man was found just outside Hastings' Splash Planet shortly before 7am.
'Serial victim of domestic violence': Woman avoids life sentence for murdering partner
The 'serial' abuse victim had steel plates in her face after another man stomped her head.
Two men on the run after person injured in brutal home invasion
Police were called to the Flat Bush property on Thursday night.
Simon Wilson: We were there and we looked away – lessons from the Abuse in Care report
OPINION: We're all implicated in the Abuse in Care inquiry report. So what will we do now?
Watch: Black Power member performs haka as he is found not guilty at third murder trial in 11 years
The jury believed his defence that another man killed Wiremu Birch in Taupo.
NZTA staffer gave confidential driver info to gang members in exchange for meth
The King Cobras members then used it to find motorists after road-rage incidents.
Two injured in road rage assault on Auckland motorway
The incident happened near Massey on Monday during the evening rush hour.
Chris Brown sued for $84m over alleged assault on concertgoers
The singer and members of his entourage are alleged to have attacked four men in Texas.
Mum warned kids weren't safe around her, kills her infant, then gets name suppression
'Not long before my anger becomes too much for the kids’ safety,' she warned in texts.
New blow for alleged killer mushroom chef Erin Patterson
She's accused of murdering three former family members. Now she's been dealt another blow.
HIV exacerbated killer's psychosis as he stabbed grandfather to death
Guy Thompson died from blood loss on his neighbour's kitchen floor.
Waikato woman charged with toddler's attempted murder
The 33-year-old woman was granted continued name suppression today.
Young woman who helped cause 18yo Connor Boyd’s death loses Court of Appeal suppression battle
The justices also rejected her bid for a reduced sentence.
Anaru Moana homicide: Charges laid against third man
A third man has been charged in relation to the alleged 2021 South Canterbury murder.
‘I’m a gangster. I can get any woman I want’: Witness claims in murder trial
Wiremu Birch was stabbed to death 11 years ago during a street fight in Taupō.