'Unsatisfactory': Court rules on ongoing issues around psychiatric reports for offenders
A defendant and a health service sought declarations on the provision of the reports.
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Man charged with murder of Napier man Colin Blithe
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Massey murder: Man accused of killing AUT law student outside her home named
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