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NZ's largest corporate corruption case: How two Australians duped Spark with $20m in contracts

Corrupt company directors Sean Bryan and Mark Lester are headed to prison.

Lake Taupō mystery: Photos identify Russian stuntman missing 22 years

Bones found near Motutere have been formally identified as man missing since 2002.

Opinion: Denying prisoners the vote undermines democratic values

Imprisonment aims to incapacitate, deter, rehabilitate, and enact retribution.

High-risk sex offender abused boy, 4, while in emergency housing

'Something's not right up here', he admitted when police asked why he abused two victims.

'Feared for her life': Man tried to strangle ex before setting her clothes on fire

A man hit his ex-girlfriend on the head and when she fled upstairs, he burned her clothes.

Fatally injured man lived long enough to tell police he was 'jumped'

Two people are on trial for Javon Aranui's murder in Hastings in 2023.

Arsonist blames meth and psychedelics after $4m Auckland lodge destroyed in blaze

She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.

Sentencing for City Garden Lodge backpackers arsonist

Sentencing for arsonist Corena Flavell, who torched City Garden Lodge backpackers in Parnell. Video / Jason Dorday

Ex-top cop's 'super injunction' lifts but media can't report details of allegations

Former deputy police commissioner fighting to stop publication of new allegations.

Police arrest fleeing driver of stolen car after Otahuhu chase

A 28-year-old man was arrested and is due to appear in court tomorrow. Video / Supplied

Kidnapped

Victim claims inconsistencies in police investigation and fears for her life. Video / Michael Craig

'Armed police, open the door': Cinema cleared as officers sweep mall; man arrested, one on run

Members of the public in the area are advised to follow instructions from police officers.

'You wait. I’ll get you': Motorist mowed down sister's abusive partner

Now he's appealed, saying prison was manifestly excessive for the crime.

Teen claims she was kicked in the head for not handing over her $700 hoodie

But the other teen claims she ended up with the hoodie after a mutual clothing swap.

Napier homicide: Gang connection rumours 'damaging' and untrue - police

Teen homicide victim Kaea Karauria will be laid to rest next to his beloved Papa.

'I'm a recidivist offender': Woman's journey from criminal to mentor

Allen has 178 convictions and has devoted herself to helping Northland addicts recover

'Frightened all the time': Inside a $3m kiwifruit tax evasion scam

'Money mule' was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted after threatening to blow the whistle.

'Longstanding antipathy': Man stabbed cop in the head so hard the knife broke

Vaughan Elliot Subritzky has been jailed for the stabbing of a police officer.