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'Go on, tell the neighbours that I bash you,' man tells woman fleeing after violent attack

Ricky-Lee Maynard strangled her in bed before punching her about 10 times.

'Vicious-looking': Dogs that mauled man to death also allegedly turned on owner

'He had to go in the water to try and drown them to get them off him,' friend tells court.

Police open to negotiating surrender terms with Tom Phillips

Phillips' family fear he may be keeping the children in hiding to avoid state care.

Woman demonstrated strangulation on video weeks before her alleged murder

Jurors watched the video, as well as a follow-up in which she recanted the accusation.

'Justice has been served but there are no winners': Aunt tells men who fatally beat cyclist

Javon Aranui had 16 separate head injuries and a brain bleed after the 'bloody beating'.

Excessive hours: Kebab shop hired workers, then had them do a second cleaning jobs without pay

One of the men, who was on a visa, was doing up to 65 hours a week. He was owed $16k.

Two jailed in Comancheros retribution plot aimed at ex-member's family

Shots were fired into a room with children. A fleeing man was later grazed with a bullet.

Man claimed he was under 'mind control' while stabbing victim multiple times

He said he had just woken up from a 'daydream' and had been under 'MK Ultra mind control'.

Sentencing of English tutor Timothy Fisher

Timothy Fisher was sentenced on 14 charges including committing indecent acts on children. Fisher targeted young female students he was tutoring. Video / Sylvie Whinray

'Several people' taken into custody after Massey assault

Two people were injured in an incident on Colwill Rd, Massey.

ACC fraud: 1044 clients bombard app, making $1.5m in fake travel claims

Chief exec: 'Defrauding ACC isn’t a victimless crime and we have zero tolerance for it.'

'It must end with Daniel': Shattered whānau speak after fatal coward punch

Daytona Thompson has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Daniel Nganeko.

Coroner reveals why Christmas Day samurai sword killing charge dropped

Baden Taikato died after a neighbour struck him through the door of an Auckland home.

'Risk-averse approach': NZ lagging in fight against organised crime

Poor information sharing means NZ is not keeping pace with criminals, experts say.

'Her behaviour is pathetic': Judge lambasts woman's five-month theft spree across three regions

The 47-year-old has 90 previous convictions, 55 of them for dishonesty offences.

Jailed Facebook fraudster given more time after fake $12k payment for Holden revealed

He was already behind bars for scamming people out of $30,000 worth of property.