A man was shot and killed by police. A jury gave his family $4
"Were they saying that the true value of these children's pain was a dollar?"
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National accuses NZ First of going soft on crime
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Partner of mum who kept daughter as sex slave jailed
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Focus: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Criminal Justice Summit
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Police have spoken about the sentencing of Riverhead quarry attacker Colin Mitchell.
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