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The man at the centre of the Auckland motorway fatal shooting that left an innocent man dead has been remanded in custody to reappear again in March.

A 28-year-old New Plymouth man has been arrested over the vicious beating of a Taranaki taxi driver almost two weeks ago.

A provincial rugby representative convicted of beating and raping his wife has been jailed for eight years.

A woman police say was an accomplice of alleged motorway gunman Stephen McDonald in the lead-up to the fatal shooting by police of a teenage courier driver has admitted five charges today.

A 36-year-old Hamilton woman extradited from Australia was remanded on bail today when she appeared in Hamilton District Court in relation to a high-profile kidnapping case.

Three men who appeared in Tauranga District Court this afternoon in relation to the theft of hundreds of litres of an ingredient used in making P have been bailed until early March.

Arms Act charges against Christchurch Symphony Orchestra horn player Bernard David Shapiro have been described as "a raft of technical strategems" by the judge hearing the case.

Two teenagers will be charged with murder or manslaughter after a fire in Pukekohe which killed a mother of three last month.

A Christchurch man who scarred two teenage girls during bondage and discipline sessions in his dungeon has appealed his conviction on the grounds that the issue of consent was not properly consider