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![Editorial: Gun statistics paint a grim picture of Americans and their right to bear arms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Editorial: Gun statistics paint a grim picture of Americans and their right to bear arms
OPINION: The constitutional right to bear arms is out of date and time.
![Who killed Wiremu Birch? Third trial over 11-year-old Taupō murder begins](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Who killed Wiremu Birch? Third trial over 11-year-old Taupō murder begins
The defence says there's another man who has escaped blame all these years.
!['This is the last thing I will ever see': Man blinds flatmate in eye-gouging attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'This is the last thing I will ever see': Man blinds flatmate in eye-gouging attack
He asked his flatmate why he had been 'tracking' him before launching the frenzied attack.
![After violent home invasion, one brother threatened to kill a cop, the other tried witness tampering](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
After violent home invasion, one brother threatened to kill a cop, the other tried witness tampering
The Leupupa brothers had a family reunion this week - in a sentencing dock.
![Third-generation gang child on reporting her rapist to police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Third-generation gang child on reporting her rapist to police
Bruce Wayne Hintz is facing up to 20 years in prison for child sex abuse.
!['You or your mum:' Boy woke next to grave dug by dad, told to choose who was going in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'You or your mum:' Boy woke next to grave dug by dad, told to choose who was going in
More than a decade of man's 'monstrous' violence against partner and son comes to an end.
!['I was punished': David Letele confronts former gang president father about criminal history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'I was punished': David Letele confronts former gang president father about criminal history
By age 19, Letele Snr was the Mongrel Mob's president.
![‘I hope he haunts you’: He died chasing his stolen Merc, thief left him entombed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
‘I hope he haunts you’: He died chasing his stolen Merc, thief left him entombed
Allister Christie's body was found the next day, still trapped in his submerged car.
![David Tamihere intending Supreme Court bid as murder convictions upheld: 'I’ll keep at it'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
David Tamihere intending Supreme Court bid as murder convictions upheld: 'I’ll keep at it'
'You've got to grab them by the short and curlies,' a defiant Tamihere says.
!['Tell us where to find Heidi': Police challenge David Tamihere as murder convictions upheld](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Tell us where to find Heidi': Police challenge David Tamihere as murder convictions upheld
Court of Appeal finds a miscarriage of justice but won't quash his murder conviction.
![Govt sets up new Ministerial Advisory Group to tackle retail crime](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Govt sets up new Ministerial Advisory Group to tackle retail crime
The Ministerial Advisory Group will work with victims and offer ideas to reduce offending.
![Two slain tourists, lies, and jailhouse snitches: David Tamihere's 34-year legal saga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Two slain tourists, lies, and jailhouse snitches: David Tamihere's 34-year legal saga
How Tamihere owes his case being reviewed again, decades later, to the 'jailhouse lawyer'.
![Miscarriage of justice admitted in Gail Maney murder conviction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Miscarriage of justice admitted in Gail Maney murder conviction
In a startling development, lawyers for Maney received a memo from the Crown last week.
![New police investigation into infamous prison escapee and murderer Phillip John Smith](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
New police investigation into infamous prison escapee and murderer Phillip John Smith
He was jailed for life in 1995 for murdering the father of a boy he sexually abused.
![Homestead burned to the ground in 'revenge' blaze started by ex-partner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Homestead burned to the ground in 'revenge' blaze started by ex-partner
Hamish Ray hung his head and cried as the consequences of his actions sunk in.
!['Screaming for his life': Violent home invasion after brothers booted from Halloween party](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Screaming for his life': Violent home invasion after brothers booted from Halloween party
A girl hid under her blanket on the floor after windows were smashed around her.
![District Court case: What is the definition of an equestrian centre?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
District Court case: What is the definition of an equestrian centre?
Application for charges to be dismissed: Was the property operating illegally?
![Mum of three reached the bottom, now she's on her way up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Mum of three reached the bottom, now she's on her way up
After years of pain, Kimi Parata breaks her cycle of offending.
!['Just let it happen': 67yo's words about rape to schoolgirl on bus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Just let it happen': 67yo's words about rape to schoolgirl on bus
He touched the teen's thigh as he spoke to her about rape.
![Brown v Bishop on housing ‘flood’; Mayor’s wharf dream inches closer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Brown v Bishop on housing ‘flood’; Mayor’s wharf dream inches closer
Auckland Council versus Government on freeing up land on the outskirts. Who will win?