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The alleged gunman in a motorway shootout with police, that ended in an innocent teenager's death, was a methamphetamine user with no memory of what happened, his lawyer said today.

A teenage girl appeared in Gisborne District Court today following a string of fires which damaged houses in the northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa last week.

Bail was not sought when a 34-year-old man appeared in court charged with a Christchurch stabbing that allegedly left another man with life-threatening injuries.

A tutor who had a six-week sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl has been jailed for three years four months.

A man who stole money from his employer to flee to Australia before being arrested on sex charges was jailed for 5-1/2 years today.

A 25-year-old shearer, who subjected a Dutch tourist to an hour-long sex attack at knifepoint, pleaded guilty to nine charges in Invercargill District Court today.

A Wairarapa woman has been committed for trial for the manslaughter of her four-year-old son, killed in a car crash last year.

A New Plymouth recycling centre where worker Ben Hekenui had his legs amputated in a baler last year has admitted two charges relating to the accident.

A woman has been sent for trial on a charge of murdering a three-year-old boy in her care following a three-day depositions hearing in Papakura District Court.

A District Court judge has lifted a blanket suppression order relating to seven people facing charges following the death of south Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh in June last year.