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Court of Appeal rejects case over Harditex house cladding system
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OPINION: The New Zealand judiciary is not soft by world standards.
Analysis: New job for top cop Andrew Coster win-win for National
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Former St Peter's student recalls ‘strange’ piggyback rides with naked teacher at hot pools
But Geoffrey Coker's lawyer claims the allegations are 'conflated rumours' and fake.
Tougher sentences for offences against public transport workers
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Ponsonby CEO pleads not guilty over alleged road rage attack on pensioner
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Māori mum's concern at children's access to damaging online material.
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Cooking skills added to community work sentences
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Polkinghorne case: The not guilty verdict
Philip Polkinghorne has been found not guilty of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna in 2021. Video / NZ Herald
'Creep': Former St Peter's School teacher on trial for historic indecent assaults
The offending is alleged to have occurred nearly 50 years ago and involved boys aged 9-12.
Polkinghorne and his sister return home after acquittal
Philip Polkinghorne and his sister return home after murder acquittal.
Philip Polkinghorne trial timeline: Nine weeks that gripped the nation
The Auckland eye surgeon was accused of killing wife Pauline Hanna in their Remuera home.
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‘Let Pauline rest in peace’: Polkinghorne found not guilty of murdering wife
The Crown said the Remuera surgeon strangled his wife. The defence said it was suicide.
Opinion: Pauline Hanna wasn't the one on trial – here's the happy life I wish she'd had
OPINION: I didn’t know Pauline. I think I would have liked her.
Sex, drugs and despair: Inside the Polkinghorne murder trial, which gripped the nation
The eye surgeon's eight-week murder trial was based on circumstantial evidence.
Revealed: Jury's question to judge in Polkinghorne murder trial
The jury will return to court at 11am.
'Gross negligence': Family to sue banks after disabled son lost $250k in scam
Neither NZ nor Australian police are investigating the fraud due to a miscommunication.
The home invasion, the mental health facility on a wealthy road, and a community’s fear
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Steve Braunias: Eight weeks of suspense - what’s next in the Polkinghorne trial?
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'Your wife’s a lucky woman': Disturbing allegations mount against former NZ Police doctor
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'That was your undoing': How DNA from a Coke bottle led police to a violent offender
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Greens given all-clear to 'waka jump' Darleen Tana
The decision paves the way for Tana to be booted from Parliament.
Polkinghorne murder trial: Jury sent home, deliberations to resume next week
The former eye surgeon sobbed in court this morning as his 111 call was played.