Murder arrest for Christchurch death
A 22-year-old has been charged with murder over a death police originally thought was not suspicious.
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Man gets life for murdering widow
Shaun Timothy Skilling, 23, has today been jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years for the murder of 62-year-old Christchurch widow Gaynor Alice White.
Man charged over death of pregnant driver
A Masterton man has been charged with drink-driving causing death after a crash last November killed a Horowhenua woman who was seven months pregnant.
Further remand for man accused of raping, slaying girl
The man accused of raping and killing a 5-year-old Napier girl just before Christmas has been further remanded in custody.
Man charged over ramraid
A 34-year-old man has been arrested over a ramraid on a Manawatu service station in which cigarettes and tobacco worth about $10,000 were stolen.
Manslaughter charge follows death of 5-year-old
A man has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a 5-year-old Napier girl in December.
Reparations ordered after illegal marriage
Two men charged with illegally marrying a man and woman in 2006 have been ordered to make reparations to the couple.
Wild named new appeal court judge
High Court judge Justice John Richard Wild is stepping up to the Court of Appeal effective tomorrow, Attorney-general Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Guilty plea after man run down
A man was left with cuts, scrapes, and bruises after his female partner ran him down with a car after a domestic dispute in suburban Christchurch.
$10,000 for death on Lindis
A fatal two-car crash on the Lindis Pass was "a tragedy", Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said when sentencing the driver of one of the vehicles in the Dunedin District Court yesterday.