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A third jury has begun hearing the case against a man charged with causing brain damage to a Christchurch toddler.

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful assembly, following a brawl in the grounds of Hutt Valley High School yesterday.

The widow of a Maori man who died after being crushed by an 18 tonne beam while working on a Brisbane busway is hoping his salvaged sperm can be used to father a child.

Police say three women feel relieved and vindicated after an Auckland doctor admitted three historic charges of sexually attacking them more than 20 years ago.

A judge today signalled a tough approach to people who commit breaches of sentences of home detention.

A Christchurch boy-racer who beat, kicked and robbed a man who photographed him doing wheelies was today sentenced to home detention and community work.

A man charged with kidnapping and raping a woman and kidnapping a child at a Liberton house last month was further remanded in custody when he appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday.

A Taranaki man posing as a youth counsellor has been found guilty of sexually abusing four male youths in his care.

A father today admitted shaking his infant daughter so hard he caused brain damage.

An Iraqi man who today admitted two charges of murder told police the fatal stabbings at a central Auckland apartment complex happened when he tried to get his estranged girlfriend's key.