Crime

Warder bashed with a phone

Jail

A prison officer has reportedly escaped serious injury after allegedly being attacked while on duty.

Family torn by shooting

Carmen and Ivan Maheno

Wife remains critical as family gathers to mourn the "baby" of their family, Ivan Maheno, who was shot dead at his home.

Partygoers turn on cop

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Four people were arrested after an alleged assault on a police officer attending a noisy Gisborne party.

Recidivist robber avoids life in prison

Jail

A man with more than 100 convictions has escaped being locked up for life after an armed robbery.

Shooting arrest made

Police

Man due to appear in court tomorrow charged with murder after turning himself in at a police station.

Cash taken in night bar robbery

Police

Man waits for bar to start closing before robbing it, striking staff with a rifle in the process.

Australia set to return paedophile

Australian flag on a map of Australia.

A paedophile who took photos of his children's friends as they played together looks set to return to NZ.

Charged cop 'loved his job' - wife

Police

Wife of accused drug-dealing policeman says there's "no way" he's involved with a gang.

Killer's return warning

Arrest, arrested, handcuffs

A murderer whom authorities warn could kill again is to return to NZ and is unlikely to be monitored.

Prison inmates stabbed

Jail

An inmate is seriously ill in hospital following a stabbing in the country’s most notorious cell-block.

Sentencing delayed for rapist

Court

Rapist's case referred to High Court to consider a sentence of preventive detention.

Police in long-distance pursuit

Northland police were involved in a pursuit which lasted more than 100km in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police officer 'worked for gang'

Peter Pakau

Award-winning cop accused of making meth and collecting debt on behalf of gang members.

Child sex predator jailed

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Tears shed in court as a man was jailed for sexual offending against two girls.

School arsonist's apology mocked

Fire, burning, flames

Judge sees no remorse in a letter of apology written by an arsonist to the school he torched.

Rapist jailed after DNA evidence

Norman Ladbrook

A cold case that was solved by DNA has resulted in a rapist being sentenced to five years jail.

Robbery case quickly solved

Police

Man believed to have held up a dairy for cash and cigarettes doesn't get far as a member of the public stops him on the street outside.

Cop caught in drug-bust

Police

A sworn policeman is among a group of 10 people arrested today in an Auckland drug bust.

Murder charges over burn death

Woolston fire scene

Police have charged two men with murder in relation to the death of Terrance Smith.

Garden tools used in home invasion

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Police hunt for three men who broke into a Waihi home armed with garden tools and beat up a man.

Firearms behaviour 'unforgivable'

Court

A soldier has admitted having a loaded rifle when he was drunk at home the day after his discharge from the army.

Ecstasy importer jailed

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A young woman jailed for importing MDMA is told worse offenders have gone on to lead useful lives.

Killer's dad convicted

Tom Robinson

Convicted murderer Shayd Robinson's father has been sentenced for stabbing another man.

Toilet interruption prompted punch

A man who punched a census collector in the face for knocking at the door while he was on the toilet was sent to jail for 10 months yesterday.

Hero choked partner

Gavel

Man hailed as a hero after saving his children from house fire has been jailed for throttling his partner on the roadside.

Mum admits child cruelty

Court

Transient woman has admitted neglecting and assaulting her own children over 10 years.

Hapless criminal faces time in jail

K2

Teen in custody after disastrously half-baked robbery where just about everything went wrong.

Victim had to re-learn walking

Gavel

Judge tells reckless driver of the suffering his actions caused after crashing at a speed up to 152kmh.

Killer's alcohol request denied

Sharlene Barnett, mother of Krystal Bennett

A woman who killed two people while on P cannot drink alcohol while on parole.

Dotcom granted leave for appeal

Kim Dotcom

MegaUpload founder granted leave to appeal his case against the Crown in the Supreme Court.

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