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Those who followed the Polkinghorne murder trial will know two voices were absent from the witness stand: Dr Philip Polkinghorne, charged with murdering his wife Pauline Hanna, and his former mistress Madison Ashton, an Australian sex worker.

Doctors are "very worried" about a measles outbreak as cases rise rapidly overseas, and they're urging people heading overseas in the upcoming school holidays to make sure they're vaccinated.

A former teacher who met a 13-year-old on the dating app Grindr maintains he did nothing wrong when he went to the boy’s house and engaged in sexual acts.

A former Auckland Funeral Director has been sentenced to jail for two years and three months for interfering with human remains and obtaining money by deception.