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Judicial review over murderer's 'porn' mag

Knife killer jailed for 11 years

Youths appear in court for brutal attack on cop

Two youths were remanded in custody when they appeared in Wanganui District Court today after a police officer was brutally attacked with a machete over the weekend.

Two charged after tourist robbed, assaulted

Attack reignites armed police debate

The Police Minister will meet the Police Commissioner today to discuss a report on whether to give officers easier access to firearms following the brutal machete attack on a policeman on Saturday morning.

Shot man faces drug charges

Rolling in a ball helped officer survive attack

Bleeding from a broken eye socket and multiple machete slashes, Bruce Mellor curled up into a ball.

Officer 'overwhelmed' by messages of support

A police officer who was brutally attacked with a machete on Saturday morning has been overwhelmed by messages of support from workmates and the public, police say.

Call girls and coke surgeon's undoing

Woman's guilt for Good Samaritan death

The woman saved by "Good Samaritan" Austin Hemmings says she blames herself for his death.

Ambulance officer's call changed everything

Another hung jury prolongs agony

The plot in Manukau Memorial Gardens cemetery where George Tipene Harris was laid to rest in 2004 still awaits its headstone.

Slain son's death 'absolutely senseless'

The mother of a murdered Bay of Plenty teenager said today she was unable to describe how she felt about her son's "brutal, absolutely senseless death". A Mongrel Mob member ran down Jordan Herewini in Murupara last year.

Transvestite's killers jailed for nearly 20 years

Hemmings family 'torn to shreds'

The family of 'Good Samaritan' Austin Hemmings has been "torn to shreds" by his murder, a court heard today. Mr Hemmings' killer was this morning sentenced to at least 16 years in jail.

Hemmings' murderer jailed for at least 16 years

The man who admitted fatally stabbing "good Samaritan" Austin Hemmings has been sentenced to a minimum of 16 years' imprisonment, with the sentencing judge questioning whether he was truly remorseful.