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Consumer confidence dips
Consumer confidence dipped slightly in the March quarter, according to new research.
Twelve arrested in drugs busts
Twelve people will face drugs charges after heavily armed police raided Tauranga properties over the past four days.
5-year-old sex offender on crime list
A 5-year-old and two 6-year-old boys were apprehended by police for sexual assault last year.
Michael Jones - one more test
He played 55 internationals for the All Blacks. Now Michael Jones is stepping up to lead West Auckland's Pacific community and agonising over going into politics.
Not so crazy after all
Today, a 19 year old Taupo man was jailed for throwing a three month old baby, who wouldn't stop crying, onto the floor, causing life-threatening head injuries.
Kiwi family stunned about expulsion
A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.
Facebook fears after sex offender logged on to kill
Questions have been raised about the monitoring of the online activity of sex offenders, after a murder in Britain.
Parents win fight to sterilise daughter
The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.
Tamaki: God doesn't want me to be poor
Brian Tamaki claims he had been ready to take a vow of poverty, but that was not what God wanted.