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'It wasn't even your fight': Judge rebukes Bill Maangi's killer at sentencing
Justice Boldt said Te Huna had 'ample opportunity' to change his mind before the murder.
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Two people found dead near Reefton named as police investigation continues
Police are not seeking anyone else, but the police investigation is ongoing.
East Auckland death: Murder accused due in court, police seek footage of two cars
Police reassure residents there will be an increased police presence in the coming days.
Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty
Christa Pike was taken to hospital after two lethal injections failed.
'Gorgeous lady': Equestrian community mourns colleague stabbed to death in Europe
British woman Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at the Rosenheim train station in Bavaria.
Strangers pull masked teens off girls in 'distressing' bus depot attack
A victim suffered concussion, a black eye and had clumps of hair ripped from her head.
'His until she died': Woman fled naked after ex choked her as toddler watched
She ran from the house, screaming for help, without a chance to cover herself.
Glen Innes homicide investigation
Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in East Auckland. Video / NZ Herald
Man dead, person in custody as police launch Glen Innes homicide inquiry
Police are standing guard at the scene in East Auckland this afternoon.
'Nice girl': Woman found dead at Christchurch flat remembered, man charged with murder
Sarah Megan Brown was found dead at a flat on Purchas St just before 6am.
Woman's execution halted less than an hour before lethal injection
Tennessee has not executed a woman in more than 200 years.
Violent crime trending upwards – in one region by 138%
The latest data suggests an increase in victims of multiple family violence assaults.
CEO's charges dismissed after cops' failings in supercar road rage case
Police admitted an injury photo cited in court as key evidence did not exist.
Shooting 'wildly': Dog walker hid with her pet as shots rang out
Doreion Peri Ropata Hard's associates have pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.
Neighbour says killer ‘gave me the shivers’ before elderly mother's death
A friend denied supplying Phillip Beale with meth on the day his mother died.
Former American Idol contestant found guilty of wife’s murder
Jurors deliberated for nearly two and a half hours before convicting the man.
'Jekyll & Hyde': Man's violent outburst after watching Hitler and Darth Vader videos
Beau Aindow attacked a woman with a chair and threatened her with a knife.
Two dead in Buller region, police launch homicide investigation
Emergency services were called to a Rahu Saddle property at about 7.50am on Tuesday.
'Where's the evidence?': Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to acquit her
Judge William Sullivan adjourned the hearing until November 2.
'I saw a big shatter': Woman describes gunfire at ute before fatal shot
Doreion Hard was killed after a drug deal went wrong in a supermarket carpark.
Death toll in two weekend mass shootings in South Africa rises to 28
The Wedela tavern attack has killed 18 people, police say.
Man who beat his elderly mother to death later told hospital staff she was 'a witch'
'She is dead because I punched her because she is f****** old,' he allegedly told a nurse.
Driver allegedly tries to ram patrol car before speeding off on wrong side
Police said the man’s actions put police and members of the public at serious risk.
'He's in a bad way': Panicked call to 111 after man shot in ute
Doreion Hard was allegedly shot after taking drugs from two men in a supermarket carpark.
'Puppet master' double murders: Axe killer guilty of odd revenge plots
'It's hard to believe this was serious. It was a warped plan. It seemed like a fantasy.'
Reasonable force? Cop acquitted after punching woman in the head five times
CCTV shows the sergeant hitting her in the cell. He called them 'compliance punches'.
Assault, racial abuse claims emerge after school rugby team’s ban
Tokoroa allege racial abuse, but St Peter's staff say they heard none.
'My brain eats itself': Christa Pike set to be executed for brutal crime
Pike is set to become the first woman to be executed in 200 years in Tennessee.
Gunmen kill 27 in two mass shootings in Johannesburg, Cape Town
Police said no suspects had been arrested in either attack.
Psychotic attempted murder suspect killed cellmate who was in for sending a text message
Victim's family: 'They should never have crossed paths'.