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Whangārei man turns life around after assaulting homeless person
A judge expressed her hope to offender who assaulted homeless man.
Distracted driver crashes after catching cheating girlfriend
Ohorangi Rawiri injured himself and another motorist when he crashed through a red light.
Charges for sexual offending by youths jumps 26 per cent
The most detailed picture of crime committed during 2022 shows youth offending rising.
Property split: 'Abusive' man must sell houses, give half of proceeds to mum of his four kids
Man tried to claim woman's jail term was a 'separation' which affected property rights.
'You were at fault': Judge sets sex offender straight after victim blamed for his assault
“She was not at fault, you were at fault. She did nothing wrong.”
'She did not desist': Woman sent 1000 angry texts after Tinder date’s disinterest
Spurned Tinder hopeful also threatened to accuse uninterested date of rape.
'Serious violence': Blow from baseball bat snaps victim's arm
'If you had connected with his head, you could well have killed him.'
SH2 merging-lane death: Woman loses appeal over conviction
Lucilla Brunt's conviction of careless driving causing death will stay on her record.
Man who punched and repeatedly kicked workmate tries to claim compensation over firing
“The law is clear that threats of violence in the workplace are not acceptable."
'No idea': Gang wannabe claims he didn't know of knife
Justin Burke helped carry out a 'hiding' but claims he didn't know it would end in death.
Patient dies after colonoscopy goes horribly wrong
The surgical team was unaware the patient had a lung removed 10 years earlier.
Name suppression lapses for man who attacked lawyer
The 36-year-old travel agent admitted to the violent assault.
‘On-again-off-again’ girlfriend racked up $7320 in rent debt while man was in coma
Lindsay Tickner continued to live in the property after being told to leave.
Bongs, meth and fireworks: The bizarre list of courthouse confiscations
There was a 22 per cent rise of prohibited items over 2022.
'I have forgiven them': Father of police shooting victim blames himself
Kaoss Price was killed by police last year.
'It seems perverse': Family violence 'normalised' in tribunal decisions
Migrants trying to escape family violence face strict criteria in battle to stay in NZ.
'My partner left me': Woman who drove into pedestrians at Manukau mall carpark
The crash killed one pedestrian and injured six others.
'Deliberate and dishonest': Disgraced reinsman cops another ban
Board says Anderson "not fit to be involved in the harness racing industry”.
‘We need something believable, babe’: Woman helped prisoners out of jail by faking death certificates
Louise Witteveen says her partner was abusive towards her; that didn't surprise the judge.
'Denied': Burglar accused remanded in custody
Brian Reuben has been charged over multiple alleged burglaries in Thames.
Grafton murder accused clutches Bible in court, pleads not guilty
The woman turned herself in after several days in hiding.
'It's a culturally sensitive day': Man who allegedly sold bleach as cure for Covid-19 has novel excuse for missing court
Roger Blake has been fighting his criminal prosecution for more than three years.
Inheritance mystery: He's alive and well - but ignoring a $300,000 windfall. So a court has now ruled he doesn't exist
He's been avoiding attempts to contact him for 14 years. Even a PI couldn't track him.
'Sense of obligation': 73yo helped senior Mongrel Mob member by joining drug ring
The man was being harassed and the gang member protected him in exchange for help.
Former top sports star admits assault and wilful damage in offending spanning three days
He told police he was 'angry' at the time of the incidents.
Clean record ends for 73-year-old handed first conviction after three wines
She and her husband had been at the local social club for the night.
Nurse claims unfair sacking from IV therapy company was 'retaliation'
The man raised concerns there was illegal prescribing happening within the company.
'Wrong man, wrong car': Man in custody for two years cleared of rape after 'flawed' investigation
The man said he had been trying to help his friend and was then accused of rape.
Treatment injury? ACC appeals against compensation award to teen born with spina bifida
She claimed a missed diagnosis at her mother's 20-week scan was a treatment injury.
Ngaruawahia death: Accused remanded for mental health assessments
The 23-year-old made a brief appearance in the Hamilton District Court.
Trusted grandfather figure admits sexually abusing girl
A trusted grandfather figure changes plea to admit sexual abuse of young girl.
Police use of ‘excessive force’ might not have happened if earlier complaint was addressed
The detainee says he attacked the officer because he believed he would be assaulted again.
Elderly man says he ‘didn’t know’ possessing child abuse images was illegal
Man had 68,500 images and videos on his computer and hard drives.