He carried out five armed robberies but is now considered a role model for younger men.

Woman did not come to court when summonsed because her safety had been threatened.

Tiana Kapea tortured and murdered 10-month-old Jyniah Te Awa.

Police found 44kg of meth during Operation Worthington, half of it hidden in a bathtub.

A judge said it was nasty offending and sent him to prison.

Judge: 'He set out this night to have sex with this young woman'.

Hemi Wharerau was badly injured and his brother Rawiri was killed in a shooting.

The teen is now 20 and due to become a father. His victim was just 15.

Euan Mackey was allegedly murdered by three people over a property dispute.

An ex took screenshots of explicit content and sent them to victim's friends and family.

The woman described the final moments before the victim was shot and fell to the ground.

Lawyer Chris Tennet gave a conman a chance, but Brian Hunter hadn't really changed.

The 24-year-old nabbed nearly $9000 worth of sunglasses in just one haul.

Crown claims Denise Davis warned victim’s family they'd return to take the house.

'You lose a son, you don’t come back from that,' the bereaved father of Sandy Calkin says.

But their lawyers say they didn't even know anyone was injured after the shooting.

Inspectors found 24 dead lambs and euthanised three more on one of his properties.

Rosey Heurea targeted Rebel Sport, The Warehouse, Farmers and Chemist Warehouse.

The Crown alleges the man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old sportstar.

It was actually a detective posing as a 14-year-old on Snapchat.

Vaughn Hill was arrested in 2023 after a search of his Kaitāia home.

The man said he had to beg and borrow from family to support his partner and children.

Glenn Forsyth saw a dog eating bread he'd put out for birds. He shot it with a slug gun.

The housing provider wanted to make the property available for a family.

The 19-year-old's actions scared the mother who called police.

Taiming Zhang has tried to sue a hotel and a restaurant. Now he's tried to take on Apple.

Shane Clayden was a custodial officer in a sexual offenders unit. Now he's an inmate.

'He wanted sex so took it anyway. In that sense, there was particular cruelty.'

Geoffrey Coker maintains he's a "scapegoat" for other teachers he claims abused pupils.

Frederick King was annoyed the man had been doing burnouts and wanted to scare him.