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A 75-year-old Nelson man has been charged with sex offences spanning 50 years.

A 61-year-old former teacher and parliamentary hopeful was jailed for two-and-half years today on child pornography charges.

A young man accused of abandoning his badly injured cousin in a ditch after a car crash in January has admitted causing his death.

A 37-year-old man accused of breaking into two Christchurch homes last year and sexually attacking and robbing women occupants was committed for trial following a depositions hearing today.

Convicted double killer and white supremacist Hayden McKenzie has appealed his 21-year non-parole sentence for the murder of a Korean backpacker.

Brett Peter Kerr has admitted a burglary-gone-wrong at a Prebbleton house where he was found apparently dazed from a fall.

A bedside hospital court sitting for a man arrested for the armed robbery of a Chinese takeaway shop in Tokoroa has been put off until tomorrow, police say.

Trial dates next year have been set for men charged in relation to two high-profile murder cases in Auckland.

A former Waiouru Army sergeant has pleaded guilty on charges of sexual violation against an underage girl.

A second teenager has admitted his role in a central Christchurch shooting that has been likened to gangland Chicago.