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Parolee wearing a GPS tracker burgled woman's home while she was sick in bed
Ethon Baker-Cleveland then went on to attack a prison officer while awaiting sentencing.
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Man punches probation officer, performs crude act in social worker's office, gropes paramedic
Everest Oketopa said he's now committed to respecting emergency and professional workers.
Jailed accountant who created 245 fake invoices won't have to pay back $420k he stole
Thirusivan Perumal Rajah has successfully appealed against the reparation order imposed.
'Are they perpetrators or are they victims?': The long shadow of childhood sexual abuse
It is not uncommon to hear that a person who has sexually offended was abused as a child.
Child rapist jailed for 19 years for ‘sick and twisted’ abuse of two young best friends
He unsuccessfully sought permanent suppression, worrying he would be targeted in prison.
Newmarket public pool pervert: Hundreds of victims to stay in dark about intimate footage
Police have not attempted to ID victims, saying it would be a 'significant undertaking'.
$500 per day: How a trusted employee squandered $375,000 on shoes, online shopping
A former high-ranking New Zealand Police official helped expose the significant fraud.
Domino’s Pizza workers chase down brazen burglar as he steals TV from store
Kevin Kaukau also stole several loaves of bread and hundreds of crates.
'Not the smartest guy': How troubled inmate's five-year sentence became 17 years
Neither fellow inmates nor Corrections staff have been safe in Sean Browne's presence.
Permanent suppression for company director who used meth, child abuse material to destress
The successful businessman ran companies in New Zealand and abroad prior to his arrest.
‘Terrible example to students’: Teacher covertly filmed woman performing sex act on him
Herman Fiu deemed a 'terrible example' to students, but can still teach.
Flatmate sentenced over his gun's link to fatal shooting
Jack Hargreaves is alleged to have fatally shot his brother, Joshua, last year.
Serial child abuser preyed on family's 'dysfunction' to isolate and abuse young boy
Gary Wilson sexually abused the boy hundreds of times over several years.
Man caused mass evacuation during police standoff, threats to blow up his home
Corey Innocente fired a crossbow arrow into the street during the standoff as a 'warning'.
'Absolute menace': Man repeatedly phoned woman and made sex noises, sent explicit videos
Daniel Barlow sent images, videos and 'numerous' voice messages of a sexualised nature.
Violent 501 deportee preyed on women in emergency housing
Hoani McIlroy has been jailed for crimes described as gratuitous, callous and degrading.
Remuera man admits secretly filming nearly 400 victims in Newmarket pool changing room
'That person has completely violated our community.'
Man lay in wait before smashing his mate around the head with a baseball bat
Shane Khan's friend ran and hid in a kebab shop following an argument between the pair.
Man's nights 'unbearably lonely' after wife of 46 years killed by drug-using driver
John Meihana had both methamphetamine and a high level of cannabis in his system.
Children claim they were 'denied food, beaten and abandoned' by Oranga Tamariki caregivers
A trio is now on trial, on multiple charges, after two children alleged years of abuse.
Second man sentenced over $2.8m home loan scam
Man who left the country was charged when he returned in 'complex mortgage fraud case'.
Within an hour of a teen turning 18, he critically stabbed a stranger in an alleyway
The victim said the stabbing felt like he was ‘being whipped with a piece of string’.
‘Moment of madness’: Black Power member instigated hospital gunfight with rivals
The two groups then embarked on a car chase during which more shots were fired.
Seatbelt bruises expose drunk, disqualified driver after crash he blamed on pregnant partner
Adam Hubac hit a bank and flipped his car, then told police his partner had been driving.
Man charged with alleged assault of former media exec appears in court
CCTV captured the former media executive allegedly being pushed off a balcony.
Balancing children’s voices: Inside the hard calls of the Family Court
Judge: 'I have to plant you somewhere where you will be safe, where you will be loved.'
New police investigation into death of toddler Lachie Jones 'near completion'
Senior detectives from the North Island are leading the new probe.
'Of the most appalling nature': Judge gives home detention to man who exported child abuse material
A 21-year-old had a six-year addiction to child exploitation material.
'Disingenuous': The IT worker, his company credit card, and overseas 'escorts'
The 54-year-old's expenses were approved by his then-manager.
Woman, 26, charged with murder after man dies in Napier
Police cordons remain in place on Savage Cres as a scene examination continues.