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Sasha Borissenko: Legal misconduct charge case raises hearsay evidence issue

COMMENT: Equating professional standards with criminal law standards can be problematic.

Luxury homes, jewellery, cash seized in money laundering crackdown

$10.2m worth of assets was seized by police and 10 people arrested in Operation Ida.

'I'm fighting to get out': Kiwi killer's letters from US jail

Clinton Thinn's lawyers are now preparing an appeal to the US Federal Court.

'I cried for the woman in the other car': Man falls asleep at wheel - conviction set aside

"I cry for the woman in the other car," man with obstructive sleep apnoea says.

Thief who promised to learn 'new tricks' caught stealing again

"It's either make or break for me, and I want to make it" ... but he broke it.

Convicted paedophile back behind bars after contacting Auckland girl

'These guys don't come with 'danger' stamped on their head'.

Duo admit defrauding wealthy overseas investor in multimillion-dollar scam

Judge says "five species of fraud" used to con investor into parting with $6 million.

Dilworth School sex abuse: Third death among accused

The 70-year-old is the second accused to die this week.

'Insidious': Man gets home detention after secretly filming women, uploading to porn site

Some victims are afraid of using public bathrooms after being unknowingly filmed.

Man who flouted lockdown rules has conviction quashed after error

Man gets conviction quashed after an error was made by a duty solicitor and judge.

'Crushing' sentence for meth importation challenged

Jailed woman says she couldn't have imported drugs in Ninety Mile Beach drama.

Voodoo hatred killing: 'Hot shot' drug theory queried

Sketchy evidence should have raised more warnings for murder trial jury, lawyer claims.

Third accused in CBL fraud case has separate trial ordered

Former executives Peter Harris and Carden Mulholland were charged in late 2019.

'Sufficient uncertainty': Waiheke vineyard says noise prosecution doomed to fail

'They let themselves down.'

Abuse in Care inquiry: What happened at Moerangi Treks

A boy of 14 sent to a bootcamp in 1995 appeared before the Royal Commission today.

Supermarket stabbing victims have surgery, facing 'long road ahead'

Two police staff were in the supermarket and intervened it has emerged.

Jilted man guilty of attempted murder of ex, killing hero who went to help

The jury has delivered their verdict in the trial of Soafa Niumagumagu.

Top Waiheke winery blames crickets, aircraft for noise breach

The winery has faced repeated prosecutions and enforcement action for non-compliance.