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Home detention for pensioner's car theft
The teenager who stole an 82-year-old's car has been sentenced to five months' home detention.
The teenager who stole an 82-year-old's car has been sentenced to five months' home detention.
A Far North benefit fraudster has agreed to repay nearly $100,000 but it will take him nearly 200 years.
Thieves have netted thousands of dollars in a scam targeting rural people who use their mailboxes to send cheques.
An overwhelming public response to security footage showing two people allegedly stealing a charity donation box from a Hastings petrol station has led to arrests.
A passerby who stopped to fight a house fire in Christchurch watched in disbelief as a thief stole hiscar.
Two people who stole a charity donation box from a Hastings petrol station have been described as the "lowest of the low" by police.
A man considered too dangerous for Australia and deported to New Zealand is now facing serious charges over an alleged home invasion.
Piri Weepu All Black Piri Weepu went online to vent his anger after thieves broke into his car and stole his iPhone while he was out diving.
Thieves stole dozens of boogie boards from a tour bus that got bogged down in sand on Ninety Mile Beach at the weekend.
Poachers and stock rustlers are being warned by Federated Farmers to find a different line of work.
A spate of attacks on older people over the holiday period has been described as "the most feral form" of behaviour in society - but not an indication of a new social trend.
Two women have been caught on CCTV using a distraction technique to shoplift from a bed shop.
A stolen boat and trailer has been discovered dumped on the side of the road inside a gated community in Northland but minus two outboard motors.
A man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.
A financial adviser stole $4.7m from investors and spent some of the money on a lavish lifestyle that included three Porsche sports cars.
A financial adviser has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison after stealing $4.7 million from investors, many of whom were family and friends.