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Paedophile school teacher James Parker has been sentenced to preventive detention with a minimum non-parole period of seven years in an emotionally-charged sentencing before a court room packed with his victims and their families.

Paedophile school teacher James Parker will today be handed his punishment for sexually abusing 20 boys over 13 years.

A desperate search was being made in freezing conditions late last night for the driver of a van that plunged into Tauranga Harbour after a three-car crash.

Auckland schoolboy Stephen Dudley has been farewelled in a ceremony focused on his rich and full life, and not on the tragic circumstances of his death.

Hone Harawira ignored a police request to move his car at an Auckland housing protest because his headlights were ensuring the safety of protesters on the roof of a house, a court has been told.

Club rugby player Willie Halaifonua died in Auckland hospital last night after collapsing with a head injury at the end of a match on Saturday afternoon.

A 13-year-old boy turned down an offer of sex from a woman more than twice his age but she followed him and enticed him into her bedroom, a court has been told.

The police watchdog has raised concerns about officers' actions while pursuing a drunk driver through the streets of south Auckland, which ended in a crash that left a passenger dead.

The courts will continue to operate with the current legal aid system for the time being despite the Court of Appeal ruling it unlawful.

Two Fonterra workers sacked for doing the Harlem Shake at work have won their jobs back.

Neill Ellis travelled from his home in the Bay of Plenty to "Tornado Alley" in the United States to fulfil a lifelong dream.

A District Court judge who was walking her son's dog when it injured a person has been discharged without conviction and ordered to pay $500 compensation to the victim.