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Shooting hero fed up with being out of work
Eighteen months after stopping a gunman from finishing off two wounded policemen, reluctant hero Len Holmwood has had enough. He wants a job.
Double murderer put girl's body in washing machine
A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a Tauranga mother and her 2-year-old daughter in June this year.
Dead triplet's sisters tell of premonitions
A woman described having a 'feeling in my guts' on the morning she found her sister brutally murdered.
Twin in shooting-range pact wrote to Columbine survivor
There was nothing about twins Kristin or Candice Hermeler that alerted anyone to the bizarre plan they had hatched.
Killer's jaw drops as guilty verdict is read
"I just wanted her to shut up," said Gordon Hieatt of the events that led to his prostitute girlfriend's murder.
Man guilty of prostitute girlfriend's murder
The man charged with murdering his girlfriend and living with her corpse for more than three weeks has been found guilty.
Murder victim's mother cried until she was paralysed
The mother of murder victim Yi Ren cried so much after her daughter's death she deprived her brain of oxygen and was paralysed.
Man admits botched burglary murder
Friends and family wept and held up photos of a murdered Christchurch woman as her killer pleaded guilty today.