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Cartel-linked drugs plot alleged: Nine men defend cocaine and P charges

Operation Tarpon alleged drug importation and drug dealing defendants heading to trial.

Fatal combination: Speed, alcohol, cannabis and lack of sleep

Tyson O'Neil was 16 with no driver's licence when crashed a stolen car.

Prison for Mongrel Mob associates after brutal hammer murder

Two Christchurch men jailed, one for life, after a brutal hammer and knife murder.

Farmers store 'racist' rant: Terror victim calls for kindness

Woman captured on camera in "racist" rant ended up in court.

Robert Durst, sentenced to life this week, is on a ventilator with Covid-19

Days ago, he was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case. Now he fights for his life.

Honeymoon killer could be out of jail next year

A man found guilty after killing his wife on their belated honeymoon has been sentenced.

Mongrel Mob shooter's day of terror: 'It was like a movie scene'

"The gun was massive, from his shoulder down to the ground. He points it at the cop ..."

Revealed: The ex-firefighter who became one of NZ's worst serial arsonists

A former volunteer firefighter was responsible for torching a dozen Auckland properties.

The rise and fall of Ron Brierley: From famed corporate raider to infamous criminal

Known to some as Lionheart, Ron Brierley's business career is now tainted by his crimes.

Mum-to-be killed: Wrong-side log-truck driver responsible - coroner

Mum-to-be killed in crash with logging truck on wrong side of road - no charge for driver.

'Completely inappropriate' for Dilworth to run sex abuse redress programme, survivor says

Survivors' group says the school has not yet apologised for its role in the abuse.

No room: Judge begs Oranga Tamariki for secure bed for 'chronic high-risk' young person

Judge desperate for secure placement for youngster but OT repeatedly says 'no beds'.

Second arrest over mass anti-lockdown protest

Around 1000 people attended the anti-lockdown protest on Saturday in Auckland.

Not a single Māori Crown prosecutor in Christchurch, Gisborne, Whanganui

Christchurch, Gisborne, Whanganui crown solicitor firms have no Māori Crown prosecutors.

Political donation rules tightened, wide-ranging electoral law review

Kris Faafoi sets out plan for a review of electoral laws.

40 child sex charges withdrawn against Christchurch businessman, 40 remain

Forty charges have been dropped against alleged child rapist - but 40 still remain.

Student's dorm-room death: Coroner's final report into tragedy of teen who wasn't found for weeks

Coroner's final ruling on death of a Canterbury Uni student in his dorm room released.

Biden administration urges judge to block 'most restrictive' abortion law

The abortion law has no exceptions even in cases of sexual assault or incest.