Opotiki boy (15) pleads guilty to takeaway robbery
A 15-year-old Opotiki boy has pleaded guilty to a "gunpoint" robbery of the Good Tukka takeaway shop in the eastern Bay of Plenty town this month.
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Hungarian accused of killing man with banjo
A Hungarian tourist used a banjo to beat a 69-year-old man before ramming the broken-off neck down his throat, a jury in the High Court at Auckland was told today.
More charges against Greymouth kidnap accused
More charges have been laid against a Greymouth man who remains in custody after his arrest for an alleged hostages-for-ransom situation nine days ago.
Office manager jailed for Polytech theft
The Christchurch Polytechnic Students' Association has lost $125,000 after the jailing of the office manager who worked for it for 18 years.
Man banned from TradeMe sentenced for vendetta
A man who began a vendetta against a senior employee of online auction site TradeMe after being banned from the website was today sentenced in Wellington District Court to home detention.
Xue murder trial jury retires for night
The jury deciding whether a man who abandoned his daughter in Melbourne is guilty of his wife's murder has retired for the night.
Murder accused wiping up blood as police arrived
A woman accused of murdering her disabled neighbour was wiping up the blood when police walked in, Wanganui District Court was told.
Man pleads not guilty to burning partner to death
A Rotorua man has pleaded not guilty to killing his partner by pouring petrol over her and setting her alight in their Ngongotaha flat last year.
Dangerous driving dad 'death on wheels'
A Waikato father who took his baby on an illegal road race was described as "death on wheels" as he was sentenced for dangerous driving at Hamilton District Court.
Picton man jailed for child porn images
A Picton man caught with more than 10,000 child porn images was jailed by Blenheim District Court for 2-1/2 years today.