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'Dark times and dark thoughts': Small town fraudster jailed after $2m theft
The 50-year-old also has to serve half her sentence in prison.
The 50-year-old also has to serve half her sentence in prison.
Orren Williams admitted three drugs-related charges in court today.
Borders closed? No problem, just check out the backyard.
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).
The jury has returned with their verdicts in relation to the shooting in June last year.
The jury was sent off to begin their deliberations at 10.50am today.
Firing at least 8 shots has been described as "reckless in the extreme" by the crown.
'I hadn't thought about ringing police yet,' Orren Williams told the jury.
Orren Williams says he shot out of fear and was simply protecting himself and his family.
The first attending police officers and a pathologist have taken the stand today.
Rates are crippling residents of a rural district where council debt is $40 million.
Emma Salvation hatched the plan that proved fatal. She took the stand today.
Orren Scott Williams shot at intruders. Today he defends his actions in court.
Queen's Birthday weekend bargains galore on tourism activities, campervans and hotels.
Only one of the five men had a firearms licence.
Two crashes near Waitomo after seven people died on North Island roads this weekend.
At least three people have been hurt in crashes this evening.
Officials have stepped into a third of all low-decile schools since 2009.
Excellent rating for water on Te Anga dairy and cattle farms. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.
Surfies running the gauntlet. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Police called to scene of fatal crash on Speedies Rd this morning.
Waitomo Sky Garden project divides community as the man behind it looks for investors.
A section of Waitomo's Oparure Rd has reopened after it was closed by a gas leak earlier.
You can run over and under the ground through land that's not even open to the public.
Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett are both Westies and Maori.
Three die from crashes in Waikato, two in Northland, one in Christchurch.
Two people, aged 19 and 21, were airlifted to hospital after the 11am crash.