Assault charge after Auckland woman's body found
A 47-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a 48-year-old woman found dead at a house in Auckland last night.
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Alleged fraudster caught after 20 months on run
Police have nabbed an alleged fraudster who has managed to elude them for 20 months.
Safety procedures breached on fatal rafting trip
Standard safety procedures were breached on the day rafting guide Tor Moen Prestmo died on the Rangitikei River, a court has been told.
Eight years in jail for Hastings burglary spree
A Hastings man who committed more than 50 burglaries during a four-month spree, costing his victims over $150,000, has been jailed for eight years.
Elder remanded on new drugs and shoplifting
Teen jailed for raping 6 year old
A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for three years for raping and sexually abusing a six-year-old girl - his foster mother's grand-daughter.
Former Armourguard manager jailed for burglary
The former manager of Blenheim's Armourguard Security has been jailed for 3-1/2 years for stealing $170,000 from his own depot.
Undercover cop crucial to Buller drug bust
Two men who were arrested following an undercover operation in Buller last year admitted drugs charges in Westport District Court yesterday.
Six charged over Auckland throat slashing
Six people charged after an 18-year-old was hospitalised with a slashed throat in south Auckland have appeared in court.
Man who threw 4 children off bridge gets death
A judge ordered a death sentence Thursday for a Vietnamese refugee convicted of murdering four young children by tossing them from an 24-meter-high bridge to "torture" his wife.