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Police analysed hundreds of thousands of messages sent and received by Lauren Dickason.
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Final ‘koha’: Sir Wira Gardiner’s posthumous High Court win for veterans
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Prison escapee rape trial: Complainant quizzed about cannabis use
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Police reveal Auckland gunman’s death was self-inflicted
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Mt Roskill shooting trial: Who killed promising young barber Brian James?
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New Justice Minister: PM's reshuffle after Kiri Allan arrest
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Devastated mother of shooting victim describes unbearable grief
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'Gone too soon': Family mourn father killed in Auckland shooting
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Bar Association voices concern after criticism of Auckland shooter sentencing
The Bar Association asked people to not rely on "incorrect statements in social media".
Sasha Borissenko: Duty lawyer pay rise - a win or slap in the face?
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Explainer: How Auckland shooter was considered 'low risk'
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Woman laundered millions in drug money for cartel boss
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Employer’s guilty plea after scaffolder lost both arms in workplace accident
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Online anger after shooting prompts security move for judges
Safety steps taken by judiciary as judge faces online targeting.
Messages reveal murder accused mum's struggle with parenting
Police analysed hundreds of thousands of messages sent and received by Lauren Dickason.
Mama Hooch: Rapist brothers' co-accused can never be named but suppression lifts for bar owner
A police video interview with convicted Mama Hooch rapist Roberto Jaz can now be shown.
Contractors' dispute over Transmission Gully settled out of court
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‘Energetic and excited’: Slain sisters’ first day of school recalled by Timaru teachers
Teachers at the school the slain Dickason children attended have wept in court today.
'A cloud was over her': School mums recall meetings with murder-accused hours before deaths
Lauren Dickason admitted killing her 6yo and 2yo twins.
‘Out of control’ crime? What latest statistics say about Christopher Luxon’s claim
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Man faces manslaughter charge after alleged drunken hit-and-run
Casidhe Maguire died after being hit by a car near Te Papa in Wellington.
Auckland CBD gunman was on home detention for domestic violence
Gunman, who has been named, was on home detention, allowed to travel to site of shooting.
Lauren Dickason trial: Emotional first responders give evidence about finding children dead
Lauren Anne Dickason has admitted killing 6yo Liané and 2yo twins Maya and Karla.
Opinion: Most of the major political parties battle over who is going to be tougher and more punitive
The parties are pushing out their law and order rhetoric but it's hysteria.
'Enough to kill': teen gets home detention for vicious attack
An attack over a woman has left one teen trapped on home detention for 10 months.
First wāhine appointed chief judge of Māori Land Court
Caren Fox replaces former Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, who retired in April.
Alleged triple murderer had 'weight of the world' on her before move to NZ
Lauren Anne Dickason has admitted killing 6yo Liané and 2yo twins Maya and Karla.
Children’s Commissioner ‘frustrated’ at Govt plans for more youth ‘prison-like facilities’
It comes as a NZ delegation to the UN speaks of reducing youth secure care facilities.
Whakaari/White Island trial: Eruption was impossible to predict, volcanologist tells court
"We can never definitively say when an eruption might happen."