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Gang blunder: More fallout
Gang member in shock home entry
A home invasion by a patched Mongrel Mob gang member ended in a dramatic arrest in Hawkes Bay suburb…
Grieving mother speaks out
The mother of a young woman found dead near a Whangarei bridge says the family have been overwhelmed…
Video
Barry Gibb created a video montage in tribute to his…
Woman allegedly stole $1m from sister
A 58-year-old Auckland women is facing numerous Crimes Act charges after she allegedly spent $1 million belonging…
Alleged conman 'didn't add up'
National Party president Peter Goodfellow knew something was up when he met an alleged conman and noticed his scruffy shoes…
Rae Portman suppression details lift
Blanket suppression details on an arrest from the Rae Portman murder investigation were lifted today, although name suppression…
Six arrests made in fake ad scam
Six people have been arrested over a $1.6 million invoice scam which involved the sale of advertising in magazines that…
Crime
Teenager in dock over KFC attack
A young man has appeared in court over an assault outside the Hastings KFC last month that left a man…
Police blunder in case against alleged people smugglers
A police blunder has resulted in four alleged Chinese people smugglers being awarded a $2000 payout.
Queenstown bar manager charged over 'vicious' assault
A bar manager has been charged with assault after an attack described by Queenstown police as vicious and prolonged. Police…
Four arrested after shots fired in armed altercation
Four people have been charged with firearms offences following an altercation between rival groups in Otaki on the Kapiti…
No prison for abusive mother
A mother has escaped a prison sentence for an "orchestrated campaign of abuse and neglect" against her…
Obama on Republican comment: 'Rape is rape'
A Republican would-be senator has angered US voters after telling a TV audience that when a woman becomes pregnant during…
Elderly man shoved and terrorised by youths in home invasion
An 82-year-old man lay on his lounge floor frightened he would be bashed on the head after being shoved to the ground with…
NZ software fighting crime
A New Zealand company is at the cutting edge of intelligence-led crime fighting around the globe, used by 60 of the world's…
Theories muddle Alps probe
Seven weeks after the brutal murder of four people on a mountain road in the French Alps, the dark mystery of Annecy remains…
Five Star case hits further delays
Crime Archives
The case of a man alleged to be a prime mover at the failed Five Star Group - who admitted misleading…
National
High price for a 'dodgy' WoF
More National
A man who used a falsified warrant of fitness for a dangerously rusted vehicle that he later sold on…
Sexual Assault
Detectives censured
Cops' handling of assault claim by a woman who later died is criticised Detectives who investigated a sexual assault complaint…
Justice System
Unpaid fines crackdown cuts backlog
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More than $500 million of unpaid fines and reparation has been remitted by judges in the last five years…
Child abuse
Tim Dare: Abuse prediction tool too vital to ignore
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Criticism of the Government's white paper on child abuse and its reliance on a risk-modelling tool prepared…
Assault and Homicide
Killer back in jail after footage confirms crime
A convicted killer is back behind bars after surveillance footage confirmed he was trying to establish the New Zealand chapter…
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