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How desperate business loan led single mum into meth syndicate’s inner circle
Reaching out to loan sharks over WeChat turned out to be a bad idea. She is now in jail.

Australia exiles 'reckless' and persistent Kiwi drink-driver who ploughed into motorcyclist
He left NZ for a 'fresh start', but that wasn't how the plan went for Daniel Hancy.

Sister's kindness ends in sibling stand-off at Tenancy Tribunal
The brother also parked unused cars on the property and added an extension to the cabin.

'A prison of my own trauma': Woman addresses life-shattering night she was raped by three men
Victim battles with “suffocating” PTSD and depression after sex attack.

Man who killed his father and brother found with torture videos at time of murders
The charges were laid four years after Nathan Frost murdered his family members.

‘Sugar daddy’ lawyer ‘raped and tortured’ women with electric shock collar
The US lawyer is charged with 116 crimes and accused of raping six women.

Watch: Head teacher jailed for spanner attack on deputy in love triangle
The head teacher attacked his deputy with a spanner out of jealousy.

Weed estate: The landlords, the seven rental properties, and the cannabis enterprise
Landlord loses property portfolio, money, and gets home detention.

Inmate stabbed 40 times in prison exercise yard attack by Mongrel Mob quartet
One attacker was already serving time for the robbery and killing of a cancer patient.

Firearms Minister wants gun registry gone, review says she should keep it
Nicole McKee will campaign for her constituents but concedes she may not succeed.

Drug dealer imported meth, cocaine while on police curfew, now locked down around the clock
He claimed he was set up, saying someone may have used his name and address.

Beckenridge disappearance: Man behind 'new evidence' retracts all allegations his cousin 'helped' missing pair
Man who brought 'new evidence' to Coroner about Beckenridge retracts all allegations.

On The Up: Defence lawyer on gender gap, work-life balance in legal field
Stereotypes, gangs, AI and workaholics: Is the law really worth it?

Home detention for serial thief who tasered cop, stole car as owner clung to bonnet
He later repeatedly rammed a police vehicle with the car he had stolen.

‘I’ve sacrificed everything’: Forensic psychiatrist grilled on Olivia Podmore’s final message
The coronial inquest resumed in Christchurch after being adjourned from 2024.

'We helped them': New twist in Beckenridge disappearance case
The coroner is to hear from a new witness about missing pair Mike and John Beckenridge.

'I can't go to jail': Colombian refugee tries to convince teen to drop sex charges
The victim was repeatedly sexually assaulted by three men. All have now been sentenced.

What is the Two by Twos, the secretive sect linked to a National MP?
The FBI and NZ Police are collaborating on a global investigation into the sect.

Business owner's double life as city's most prolific tagger, 'Blume'
He owned a company worth seven figures by day. By night, he caused over $1m in damage.

Canterbury cocaine ring: Smuggler believes he 'should be treated more leniently' than meth importers
The criminal group of Colombian and Argentinian dairy workers operated for four years.

Sasha Borissenko: Legal risks soar as AI enters the courtroom
AI tools risk breaching privacy by using sensitive, suppressed information.