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Home detention for mother who disposed of newborn baby's body in wheelie bin
Some, but not all, of the secrecy surrounding the gruesome case has been lifted.
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'Straw that broke the camel's back': Anti-stalking order may have led to supermarket terror attack
Samsudeen received non-association orders for two women days before the attack.
'Last resort': Parents prosecuted after failing to send kids to school for several years
The Bay of Plenty couple were given several warnings and “multiple interventions”.
'I need to do more for Islam': Mentor recalls Countdown knifeman’s views
A former mentor said Ahamed Samsudeen believed Muslims were being harmed around the world.
'New frontier of digital offending': Fraudster steals IDs in $2m scheme
Personal information was bought on the dark web to access myIR accounts.
'I wasn't a threat': Man says he was tasered by police despite already surrendering
Caleb Turner has filed an excessive force complaint with the IPCA.
'I knew immediately it wasn't right': Labouring mum in intense pain before death
Maria Neho and her baby both died after she suffered a ruptured uterus.
'Violent extremism': How did supermarket terrorist become radicalised in NZ?
Ahamed Samsudeen was released from prison seven weeks before the New Lynn attack.
'Someone I could trust': Man jailed for raping woman 20 years his junior
Michael Knight was sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison.
Nelson man sentenced for lacing ex-partner's shampoo with hair removal cream
Stacey Waddel has now been sentenced for poisoning with intent to cause inconvenience.
'Reeked': Woman caught supplying cannabis oil after NZ Post staff noted smell
Jennifer Devery says her sales of cannabis oil via Facebook were 'not about the profit'.
'Unassuming' florist's secret life in $7m cannabis syndicate revealed
Her record was spotless, but she played a vital role in Vietnamese organised crime.
Hooked and controlled: The reality of Northland's meth crisis
'Once you’re addicted and hooked into it you either belong to someone or you are the man.'
Rugby veteran’s final bid to overturn conviction fails as he fights to stay in NZ
Sakaria Taulafo's deportation liability was lifted but he's yet to pass a character test.
Violent offender to walk free after years in prison despite 'risk' to women
Mark Dean Hoggart has had his preventive detention sentence quashed and been resentenced.
'They were so excited': Dog owner reuinted with missing French bulldogs
They were handed over by an anonymous person via Bay of Islands Animal Rescue.
Woman resists help during welfare check – until abuser out of earshot and in handcuffs
Man found guilty of 27 charges, including attempted rape and unlawful sexual connection.
Man jailed after painting fake pedestrian crossing on main route
NZTA said Josiah Brooking's actions put people's lives at risk, caused costly disruption.
Head Hunters associate signalled gunman moments before fatal gang shootout
Head Hunter Charles Pongi was killed in the clash at the Pt England reserve.
Waikato father says arrest turned violent
Footage from an arrest in Hamilton appears to show an officer punching a man in the head. The incident is now the subject of a police complaint.
Man caught trying to smuggle wanted friend on to ferry in the back of car
Graeme Noone claimed he didn't know the man was wanted by police.
Worker barricaded, woman splashed with urine by homeless man dubbed a nuisance
The Nelson man was sentenced for threatening to kill, card fraud and public urination.
'Deeply troubled': Welder jailed for grooming teens, child exploitation
One victim said Cody Wilson 'begged' her for pictures and offered to send her money.
'Out for trouble': Inside the 60-second, $80k raid on a jewellery store
More than 100 items were stolen in the early morning smash-and-grab in New Plymouth.
'Pure shock and fear': Wife recalls finding fatally stabbed husband
Keith Pati was stabbed so hard that the entire blade of the knife entered his left temple.
Dangerous dog that should have been muzzled bites child, takes chunk out of neighbour's leg
The council is seeking the destruction of Hunter, a staffy pitbull cross.
The story of one of NZ's worst criminals just cleared of a cold case murder
Inside the crimes of James Wilson, the biker killer cleared of the Red Fox Tavern murder.
Victim's loved ones confront man who killed over shirt colour
Jay Aranui did not know Andy Winitana before he punched and killed him on a night out.
'I didn't know if I was going to be alive in the next 20 minutes'
Alleged victim tells Napier trial man physically abused her and demanded sexual acts.
Crucial witness testifies 40yrs after Alan Hall wrongful murder conviction
'It was definitely not what I saw, and police are aware of that.'