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Man guilty of possessing 11,000 objectionable files
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Kiwi loses appeal against deportation after fatal crash
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Alleged sex abuse victim claims bestiality was committed in front of him
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Focus: Gun scare sends Glenfield Mall into lockdown
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Kiri Allan says National's 'soft-on-crime' rhetoric is 'abhorrent'
It comes as National says repealing Three Strikes shows Labour is 'soft on crime'.
Coroner hears details of fatal police shooting
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Focus: Police investigate sudden death in Rānui
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Man charged in relation to alleged assault of 3-month-old baby
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East Coast MP Kiri Allan picked up the justice portfolio, previously held by Kris Faafoi.
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McDonald's store robbed at gunpoint overnight
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Lord said there was "one drunk driver down. And I'm not upset about it".
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'65 cents a week': Victims of crime owed more than $35m in unpaid reparations over three years
Victims re-traumatised by reparations payments drip-fed over years.
Bullet through window: Police investigate Auckland shooting
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Thieves steal driver's licence from letterbox, buy car, police won't investigate
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Man who rammed police car sentenced to community work
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From hurt to healing: Mum of girl raped, filmed by CEO speaks on sex abuse case
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Well-known social media influencer guilty of sex abuse on unconscious teens
The man's identity continues to remain a secret for now.
Tauranga lawyer conned out of $50,000 in sophisticated fraud
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