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Airgun target practice of preschool sign costs $521

Man fired airgun across a busy road, from his bedroom window, hitting a pre-school's sign.

Govt communications adviser admits Christmas bar assault

April sentencing set for Christmas Eve assault in Christchurch bar.

'Super spreader event': Protest outside Parliament could spread Covid - Professor

The group is protesting against Covid-19 measures, including vaccine mandates.

'Where you're going to end up': Priest scared victims by showing corpses

Survivors tell of being shown dead bodies and being made to clean out coffins.

Dogs to be destroyed after two women attacked

Judge orders two Neapolitan mastiffs to be destroyed after separate attacks on two women.

Northland man denies being a driver who fired a gun during high speed police chase

Identity still the issue in re-trial for driver accused of firing gun during police chase

Black Power teen who took turns raping girl to be released from prison

Harrison was part of a group that treated a teenage girl as a "sexual plaything".

Rare insider trading prosecution over Pushpay shares sale

The FMA alleges inside information was used prior to a market announcement in 2018.

Akash murder trial: Judge orders fresh start, new jury selected

Akash pleaded guilty to murder in 2016 but the Court of Appeal overturned it in 2020.

Alleged insider trading leads to High Court action

Shares allegedly traded on basis of inside knowledge of Pushpay co-founder's looming exit.

Killer Beez inmate shanks rival gang member after rape and death of his niece

Now the courts have reduced his sentence saying it was 'manifestly unjust'.

'I can't take this': Juror's emotional outburst stops rape trial in its tracks

"His anger was palpable" - Judge dismisses entire jury after emotional outburst from one.

St John of God abuse at Marylands School focus of inquiry

The treatment of boys with learning disabilities at Marylands School is starting today.

Crazy $44m find while fixing leaking toilet

Sydney plumbers were shocked to find boxes of cash and drugs hidden in a locked garage.

Prosecutors drop murder charge against one of four accused of New Lynn driveway homicide

Andrew Douglas had been one of four people charged with murder in November.

Gang VP who used teens in drug deals was a youth worker for Oranga Tamariki-linked agency

He was a drug-dealing Rebels gang member - and a youth worker in a Govt-funded role.

Akash murder trial: Jurors asked to determine mental state, six years after guilty plea

The defendant's girlfriend, Gurpreet Kaur, suffered 18 cutting wounds and 12 stab wounds.

Three months in jail on shoplifting charges - two weeks to go

Offender serves equivalent of 6 months in prison awaiting sentence for shoplifting.