Police have said he was evading arrest, but a family member disputed that.

Local iwi offered condolences to the grieving whānau of the man who died.

The family disputes the claim he 'jumped in the water' in order to evade being arrested.

One person is in a critical condition after two family members fought in Clendon.

The man fled from police on Christmas Day.

Police have instructed holidaymakers to stay out of the water.

The man refused to engage with police and swam away.

She was stabbed repeatedly in the face, upper torso and abdomen by a man in her home.

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The judge said he wouldn't let the court be 'an absolute laughing stock'.

When a woman escaped her ex, she'd been burnt, strangled, and stomped on.

Experts warn a lack of services and high deprivation fuel domestic violence in Northland.

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The mother updated her will stipulating she was to be left nothing due to her 'behaviour'.

Ellie is scared for her future: 'My teeth are going to kill me.'

With four girls, including a 4-year-old, Sarah said she doesn't feel safe.

'Only a person who has sold their soul could commit such heinous crimes' - victim.

Child's bruise at school leads to Kaikohe man's arrest for serious family violence.

Dalton Taylor's city centre attack lasted more than seven minutes.

He attacked after she accused him of selling their child's Nintendo.

Kevin Marshall said he would decapitate his ex so she couldn't give evidence.

The victim supported her former partner's discharge without conviction.

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He then hid the shank inside a milk carton in a rubbish bin.

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The 'horrendously bad driver' later assaulted his partner and bit a police officer.

He told her that if her family came to get her, they'd be killed and buried.