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'Retirement funds eaten up' - Point Wells man wins battle for seawall, boat ramp

'It’s been well in excess of $280,000 and there’s more to spend.'

Foodstuffs faces High Court action over blocking rival supermarkets opening

Consumers the losers with land covenants, watchdog says.

Election candidate was jailed for drug crime: 'I've learned from my mistakes'

Convicted offender Ashley Hillis wants to show that people can change for the better.

'Shame': Man impersonated lingerie store manager to get nudes, then blackmailed victim

The man said he needed the images to get her correct size in a sheer bra.

Botched holiday: Couple lose $6k when booking site refused to budge over 'mistake'

'There are plenty of last-minute deal seekers who may have chanced upon this availability'

Man accused of bedroom fire murder either a 'failed hero' or 'caught red-handed'

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when a fire took hold of her bedroom.

'Real-life nightmare': NZ's most prolific stalker admits new harassment charges

The stalker told one woman he would 'get her in the end'.

Woman allegedly murdered in bedroom blaze was unconscious, trapped

Emma Field was alive when the fire took hold.

501 with more than 60 convictions thanks judge as he's sent to prison

'Thank you judge - thank you for your understanding," the patched Comanchero said.

'Open the till': Teen BK employees stabbed in unprovoked attack

“I want the money. Give me the money or I’m going to stab him,' Ethan Simon told staff.

US woman's murder conviction overturned after 43 years

The woman was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing.

Kiwi got partner out of jail with forged letters claiming terminal cancer

But two years later, the fraud was discovered and it all came crashing down.

Cops move in to confiscate Tribesmen gang's $540k HQ

The shed is on 'tainted' property and used at the Tribesmen's Christchurch headquarters.

24 days in hell: Blowtorch-wielding kidnappers wanted cryptocurrency password

The victim was forced to dig what was supposedly her grave at a remote Far North property.

'The pride I had in that can’t be measured': Six more prison inmates join Lowie's squad; Sir Graham reflects on programme

Six inmates graduate from Sir Graham Lowe's prison programme.

The Bain murders 30 years on: Where is David? Why are Kiwis obsessed with this case?

The Herald looks at the infamous case and the aftermath that haunts a family today.