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Police spend $2m on informers
Police paid criminal narks nearly $2 million in the past five years.
![Law change stops lawyers' big payouts from public purse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Law change stops lawyers' big payouts from public purse
Radical changes to the legal aid system will put an end to taxpayers paying defence lawyers up to $900,000 a year.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.
![The case of a socialite](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The case of a socialite
'Calling me a 'socialite' is such a lazy way for journalists to undermine me,' says Jemima Khan.
![Trust runs $9.8m Hotchin beach house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Trust runs $9.8m Hotchin beach house
Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.
![Maori King lands in strife over sacking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Maori King lands in strife over sacking
Waikato-Tainui could be headed for the courts after a woman King Tuheitia fired claimed the move was unconstitutional.
![Pike River: Ministers likely to face probe scrutiny](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Pike River: Ministers likely to face probe scrutiny
Present and past Govt ministers are likely to come under scrutiny from the royal commission of inquiry into the Pike River mine tragedy.
![Teacher who wouldn't play the game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Teacher who wouldn't play the game
Judy Kraidy lost her job teaching foreign students because she refused to pass those who didn't learn anything.