'I never touched her': Taiawa Harawira, son of Māori rights icon, denies child sex predator charge
Prosecutors dismissed his testimony about his famous mother as "simply incredible".
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Man who attacked lawyer in courthouse lift challenges time behind bars
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Bella Vista saga: Review finds evacuated home was not dangerous as deemed by council
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Illegal prostitution operation involving Brazilian women ends in sentence for organiser
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'It's sick, it's vicious': Strippers call on Parliament for fair working conditions
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'This is huge': Gail Maney granted appeal hearing to fight ‘Gone Fishing’ conviction
Gail Maney spent 15 years in prison for ordering the murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys.
Grandma attacked by motorist who 'tried to snap' her arm at popular beach carpark
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National’s one-size approach to crime will create more victims - Tamatha Paul
Greens justice spokeswoman says cultural reports help rehabilitate inmates.
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The teen ransacked the family's Sydney home, making off with designer goods and jewellery.
'Where's the tall guy?' Deportee storms home, questions man at gunpoint
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Man who stabbed uni student to death on walkway deemed insane
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‘No evidence’ cultural reports worked - Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith
Goldsmith says the Crown will no longer pay for cultural reports.
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Notorious murderer and prison escapee Phillip John Smith takes Parole Board to court
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Richard Prebble: No court has ever said the Treaty created a legal partnership
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Trial date set for trio charged with murder nine months after Auckland teen vanished
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Act launches campaign to twist National's arm on Treaty referendum
The Act Party has begun a campaign to goad National into backing a Treaty vote.
Iwi leader wins the right to sue seven big polluters
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Christchurch mosque attack terrorist abandons review of prison conditions
The terrorist planned to challenge his designation as an at-risk prisoner.
Auckland teen accused of New Year's Day shotgun murder named
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History-making Māori land marches woven into defence at Harawira child sex-abuse trial
The complainant acknowledged disliking the defendant's high-profile activist family.
Rapist took selfie with sleeping victim, then went to next room and attacked again
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Bullied health worker says Worksafe findings were like 'having a knife twisted'
"Very poor workplace culture": 11 people reported inappropriate behaviour by the manager.
Secret compartments and suitcases full of money: Meth syndicate's 'cash custodian' sentenced
The church-going defendant “holds himself up as an example of what can go wrong”.
Unprovoked killing: Youth social worker stabbed stranger with knives in both fists
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