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Open Justice reporter Ric Stevens explains what the term '501 Deportee' actually means and why so many reoffend.

Kaoss Price was shot in the chest as he tried to flee from police in a stranger's car.

The 37-year-old is due in Timaru District Court on September 15.

Laura Boustead injured four people in the crash that linked her to meth importation.

NZ police kill at 11 times the rate of the UK, four times the rate of Australia.

'You have some work to do,' board convenor tells Elizabeth Smith before declining parole.

The 31-year-old was arrested at the border shortly after landing in New Zealand.

Toni-Ashley Crawford ran down Teri Rhind and left him dying on a South Auckland road.

'I know that I could trust him with my flock,' Anthony Gugich's support letter read.

'Rather than talking the talk, I want you to walk the walk,' Judge Tony Zohrab told him.

The theft ended Kane Ranui's six-year non-offending streak.

The man also sexually abused some of her young friends and recorded some of it.

The entertainer's potentially ruined legacy was a punishment in itself, his lawyer said.

Killer Sam Te Hei served more than 30 years, but received $17,644 award for ill-treatment.

He was the 'pillar' of a syndicate run by the Comancheros' 'supreme commander' overseas.

The victim wanted his dog destroyed for poor off-lead behaviour. He killed her instead.

Pensioner Ian Moller died after one of three fires at the Kāinga Ora flats in 2024.

August Lemon has been jailed for starting the fire that killed Hoani Rueben-Tuoro.

Hakyung Lee left children's bodies inside suitcases at an Auckland storage unit.

Police have arrested two men who each face multiple charges.

New minister pledges to 'bang some heads together', hold government agencies accountable.

Accused told police she sat on man through a tent after rejecting his sexual advances.

'The taxpayer has to pay for his decision to drive while on drugs' – police prosecutor.

Prosecutors say Lok Li plotted to kill his landlord, before pivoting to another couple.

Open Justice reporter Ric Stevens joins Jane Yee on Case by Case to explain one of the harshest sentences that can be handed down in New Zealand.

Police said officers attended two Hāwera addresses over an ongoing matter.

Justin Jeffries previously denied the charges on the grounds of insanity.

Police seized cash linked to cannabis dealing from Rotorua and Ōpōtiki.

Nearly 40 home invasions, shootings, kidnappings or aggravated robberies in nine months.