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Double-murder accused already facing fraud charges
The man charged with two murders in a $3 million mansion is also facing a separate Serious Fraud Office case.
Brazilian model named in Kiwi's love triangle
Model Priscila Ferreira is at the centre of a love triangle in which a Kiwi man is being held by Dubai police.
Manhunt: Police scour island for kidnapper, missing woman
Great Barrier residents warned to stay inside as police hunt a man wanted for abducting his ex-girlfriend and attacking her new partner with a crowbar.
Report: Woman with Kiwi man in Dubai ex-lapdancer
A British woman found in bed with a NZ man in a Dubai apartment had previously worked as lapdancer, a British newspaper reported today.
Govt questioned over abuse case
A primary teachers' union hopes an inquiry into a serious case of child abuse will reveal the Govt's role in its handling. The Govt received two letters about the girl, including one months before the girl was discovered by police with huge
Suppression stays for baby murder accused
A judge this afternoon ruled that name suppression should continue for a 28-year-old woman accused of murdering her newborn baby.
Double murder accused named
The identity of a man accused of two murders in a $2 million mansion can now be revealed. Name suppression was lifted on a 51-year-old who was charged with the murders of two men in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert.
Woman accused of killing ex-boyfriend, watching body burn
A former NZ horse trainer is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend in the UK and watching his body burn while she drank red wine with a friend.
Love triangle Kiwi jailed 6 weeks without charge
The New Zealand man caught in a violent love triangle in Dubai has reportedly spent six weeks in jail without being charged.
Abused girl's mother sought help from PM
The mother who has been accused of "horrific" abuse against her 9-year-old daughter wrote to the Prime Minister last year seeking help, it has been revealed.
Govt launches serious abuse inquiry
A CYF report into the care received by a girl who suffered "horrific" abuse at the hands of her parents has found no single glaring failure by any of the 12 state agencies involved. An independent inquiry has now been launched.
Kiwi's love triangle arrest
A NZ man is in a Dubai jail after calling police for help when a jilted lover allegedly attacked him with a knife.
Cold case murder: the recluse and a Hollywood link
The man accused of killing his estranged NZ girlfriend in 1987 lived as a virtual recluse nicknamed 'Badges'.
Man jailed after backpacker beaten and robbed
A French tourist was dragged from his car and beaten, kicked and robbed by a gang of drunken youths in a Christchurch park.
Cold case murder arrest
An Auckland man who allegedly murdered his estranged girlfriend in 1987 has handed himself into police after being on the run for almost 24 years.
Murder victims' names revealed
The names of two men murdered in a $2 million mansion can now be revealed but the identity of their alleged killer remained suppressed in court this morning.
Man charged after baby dies
Police have charged a 21-year-old man with the manslaughter of a five-month-old baby who died in Hawkes Bay last week.
Double murder accused had multiple civil claims served on him
A man accused of murdering two people at a multimillion-dollar mansion had several civil court claims filed against him.