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The horrifying ordeal behind Auckland's high-profile gang torture case
The victim was tortured with drills, hot water and a metal pole.
Woman visited death cap mushroom web page a year before fatal lunch, jury told
Searches made on a computer found at Erin Patterson’s home have been a revealed in trial.
Inside the Comancheros revenge plot against bodybuilder's family after gang exit stoush
It was a messy break-up for the high-ranking patched member. His family paid the price.
Public feedback overwhelmingly negative to bootcamp bill, MPs recommend physical force safeguards
Providers will be able to use force against children as a last resort.
'Terrifying': Union urges tougher laws after stevedore's nighttime fall from ship into sea
The Government says changing laws governing visiting ships is 'complex' and 'difficult'.
Jail for woman who stabbed cabbie six times after announcing she couldn't pay fare
The woman, who had been out of prison less than a month, victimised an Afghan refugee.
'Please God, not my son': Family's pain remains as killer confesses 20 years on
Michael Slade died in a house bus fire that police thought was accidental.
Former top real estate agent's home detention bid thrown out despite 'savage' prison attack
The Crown calls Aaron Drever a calculated criminal lacking self-awareness.
Erin Patterson's phone records analysed in triple-murder trial
Records suggest possible visits to death cap mushroom sites in April and May 2023.
'Psychological warfare': Shock move pushes out Te Pāti Māori haka punishment verdict
Parliament's Privileges Committee recommended suspending three Te Pāti Māori MPs.
NZ's largest corporate corruption case: How two Australians duped Spark with $20m in contracts
Corrupt company directors Sean Bryan and Mark Lester are headed to prison.
Diddy trial: Ventura's former best friend alleges hammer, choking incidents
Kerry Morgan also testified Ventura lost her 'confidence' and 'sparkle' while with Combs.
Opinion: Denying prisoners the vote undermines democratic values
Imprisonment aims to incapacitate, deter, rehabilitate, and enact retribution.
Ex-partner of double killer twice ruled insane alleges 'massive' failure by NZ health system
A review of his mental health care is currently in progress.
High-risk sex offender abused boy, 4, while in emergency housing
'Something's not right up here', he admitted when police asked why he abused two victims.
Erin Patterson allegedly visited death cap site before fatal lunch
A retired pharmacist found death cap mushrooms where she had been before the incident.
Arsonist blames meth and psychedelics after $4m Auckland lodge destroyed in blaze
She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.
'I'm the outcast': Niece speaks of how uncle's sexual assault made her the villain
'I feel as if I’ve lost so much more from your actions than you did,' she told him.
Student's business website removed after violent past while insane exposed
The student was found not guilty due to insanity four years ago.
Former police officer and wife arrested after attack at Boyz II Men concert at Spark Arena
An ex-police officer threatened to dig up the victim's deceased mum.
‘Bittersweet’: Why family left mouldy property where their baby died
Family wanted to leave as mould issues continued but were torn by the home's nostalgia.
Legal aid: What is it and who’s entitled to it
Forecast spending for 2025 is $297.3 million, a 54.6% rise from 2020.
Diddy trial: Cassie bursts into tears after question about sex act
Ventura entered her fifth day of testimony and third day of cross examination.
Salman Rushdie's attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison
The optical nerve of Rushdie's eye was severed in the 2022 attack.
'I'm a recidivist offender': Woman's journey from criminal to mentor
Allen has 178 convictions and has devoted herself to helping Northland addicts recover
‘Dagger through my heart’: JP linked to $1.8m scam unmasked after failed secrecy bid
Suren Sharma allegedly helped criminals steal $1.8m from 12 investment scam victims.
'Longstanding antipathy': Man stabbed cop in the head so hard the knife broke
Vaughan Elliot Subritzky has been jailed for the stabbing of a police officer.
'Grossly dishonest': Blood lab medical technician loses registration for CV fraud
She falsely claimed to be a 'Doctor of Medicine' in her CV.
Entertainment figure takes name suppression case to Supreme Court
He was convicted of indecent assault and attempted sexual violation in 2023.
Youth worker and brother of ex-MP guilty of historical child sex abuse
'I know what this is about', Taiawa Harawira said when police came to arrest him.
Why Ben Roberts-Smith's legal battles are far from over
His defamation suit failed in 2023, with claims against him deemed 'substantially true'.
'Concern about escalation': Children as young as one identified in man's objectionable videos
Jordan Te Iri-Kearns was jailed for 25 and a half months.
Diddy trial: Jury hears graphic texts in sex trafficking case
Ventura asks for a break after raunchy text read in court.