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Brother of All Black Jonah Lomu sentenced for role in drug importation scheme
The drugs taken out of FedEx packages were never found.
Targeted and locked up: Inside the eight-year police blitz on the Comancheros
How the gang was relentlessly targeted by the police National Organised Crime Group
'He goes to the gym hard': Man's 'mixing' of controlled drugs lands him in court
The man was caught with 21 controlled drug products he'd 'mix up' after workouts.
‘Tell everybody’: Judge’s warning after couple smuggled 2.5m cigarettes, evaded $3.8m in tax
The judge said the couple came to New Zealand deliberately to commit a crime.
While helping offenders rebuild their lives, a rehab worker was secretly abusing children
He 'extolled the virtue of rehabilitation in public while brutalising' others in private.
Could 17 stab wounds be self-defence? Young killer's motives debated
He's unfit to stand trial, but a judge still has to decide if the killing was justified.
Eight-minute Maccas assault leaves young dad-to-be with conviction
Hunter Butler and cousin Yozarn Peeni sentenced over eight-minute assault at McDonald's.
Killer given discounted sentence after she suffered years of domestic abuse
'While an offender, she was undoubtedly a victim first,' Margaret Green's lawyer said.
Double-murder case: Court cleared amid outbursts, victims named
The yelling amid spectators continued outside the courtroom as the hearing ended.
A judge called Lexington Lewis one of the worst repeat burglars she’d seen. Now he’s free
Lewis has more than 450 criminal convictions.
'Control and dominance': Father forced young sons to fight, filmed it and sent video to their mother
He was angry they were lying so he assaulted them both, then made them fight each other.
'They stole our sense of safety': Teen caught after wearing ankle bracelet during home invasion
The victim said her family could no longer stay in the home as they were too frightened.
Killing spree: How a meth addict bludgeoned three people to death
The killer said his 'bad side' took over as he attacked people he knew in their homes.
'Need butcher knife and hammer': Mixed verdicts for Comancheros gang boss
Junior Heart was found guilty by a jury of 19 of 28 drug and violence charges.
Drugs and guns: Man busted importing GBL, then caught making 3D Glock pistols at home
Ben Driver imported the drug in liquid eyelash remover. It was one of 44 similar packages.
Private schoolboy to ‘monster’: Elite private school taught Tom Phillips bushcraft, shooting skills
The future fugitive trained in bushcraft, survival, and firearms at posh private school
Two men allegedly took guns to a fist-fight. One was shot dead. The other's on trial.
'I blasted them up,' accused said on Facebook Live. His lawyer says he was performing.
Auckland car dealer who fled to Mexico caught in 300kg undercover DEA drug bust
Court documents show he paid US$150,000 to send the drugs to Australia.
'I hear voices 24/7': Shoplifter's open admission in court after stealing dozens of perfumes
Crystal Jones stole $15,140 of goods and assaulted two people across Northland.
One injured after alleged stabbing in Canterbury township
Emergency services were called to Main St in Fairlie at around 2.15am on Saturday.
'A house of torture': Boy's abuser seeks reduced prison sentence
Woman's terror campaign included pouring boiling water on teen and making him eat faeces.
'Preyed on': 501 deportee says isolation and addiction led him into 9kg cocaine plot
Rebels MC member Peter Uelese claimed fellow deportees exploited him in the drug scheme.
$30,000 worth of damage: Man ripped walls open to steal copper pipes during home burglary
The victim says the worst part was losing items she had collected with her late husband.
A nightmare led her to her parents’ bed. The abuse lasted four years
The girl was raped by her father as her mother slept beside her.
'You ruined it': Man trashed farmhouse, then drove stolen quadbike 101km to his nana's place
Leonard Hansen was later found in a reserve with a gun, axe, machete and methpipes.
Police officer secretly recorded woman during sex, saved intimate images of two others
The policeman hid the illicit content in an app made to look like a calculator.
Axe killer studied theology, nursing prior to couple's murder
The defence has insinuated that the Crown's star witness lived in a fantasy world.
'Desire to punish her': Man torched ex-partner's house, forcing her to leap from third floor
David Sparks' victim now has a recurring dream in which she is burned alive.
How a high-profile fraudster tried to erase her name from the internet
The ex-con also tried to suppress her suppression bid. But it failed.