Good gardener: Lawyer tells court client 'successful' at growing weed
Police arrived at the home on an unrelated matter and found more than a kilo of cannabis.
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Neighbours at war: Who whacked whom with the weedeater?
A 79-year-old man is alleged to have hit his neighbour with the man's own weedeater.
Man pleads guilty to illegally reselling gun found in hands of person shot by police
Craig Holtom initially claimed he legitimately sold the guns to mysterious possum skinner.
'Your theatrics get you nowhere': Ex-Insta model back in court
Hannah Pierson said she tried to get help but was 'unheard and misunderstood'.
Armed hold-up: Pair jailed for meth-fuelled robbery of tavern
Why getaway driver was given harsher sentence than robber 'brandishing ... a pistol'.
Cleaner who joked about child exploitation images on his phone now facing prison
Police see trend towards younger victims and greater brutality toward very young children.
'Warped relationship': Man jailed for sexual abuse of niece
The 32-year-old man continued the abuse by moving her out of her parent's home at 15.
Serial no-show defendant pleads guilty to failing to appear
A man whose case was called 27 times finally shows up in court.
Teen cyclist left concussed after bike hit by 84-year-old driver
The driver narrowly avoided running over the cyclist after knocking her off the bike.
The instigators, the negotiator and the followers: All but one Waikeria prison rioter now jailed
One rioter was in care at 11, expelled at 12, drinking at 13 and committing crime at 14.
Teen arrested after alleged shooting at Rotorua intersection
The person is due to appear in Rotorua District Court.
‘How dare you put your hands on my missus:' Killer's words as he stabbed woman in chest
Killer of Napier woman Arohaina Henare pleads guilty to murder.
Driver on restricted licence drove drunk again months after killing pedestrian
Friends tried to get Callum Wither's keys and asked him to slow down before the fatality.
Mum guilty of wounding adopted daughter
The woman flatly denied beating the girls with wooden rods, a chair and a dog collar.
Christchurch man appears in court charged with manslaughter
Paul Laxon is charged with manslaughter after a crash in North Canterbury.
'Angry' thief banned from Nelson after stealing methadone from pharmacy twice
The addict went behind the counter and grabbed bottles of methadone from the dispensary.
Mother confronts her daughter's sex offender: 'I hate you'
She said he had left her little girl with 'life-long trauma' and broken their family.
Armed man tries to break through lover's cat door after she took bra off at the pub
The woman removed her bra for a laugh. But Trevor Oldham didn't think it was funny.
'Gratuitous violence': Plasterer's unprovoked knockout assault
The victim was left with injuries to his head and face, and a broken tooth.
67 year old charged with manslaughter after death of Christchurch man
Robert Burns Hutcheon, 70, from Lyttleton, was killed while riding his motorcycle.
Man fined more than $33,000 after dozens of tyres burned on Kaiwaka property
The burned area contained steel belts and the remains of over 100 tyres.
'My rapist has more rights than I do': A woman's wait for justice
The offender preyed on two women as they slept.
Man who spent wage subsidies on gambling and 'adult entertainment' wants out of jail
He fraudulently claimed almost $200k in Covid-19 wage subsidies.
Why gangsters jailed for McDonald’s attack want lower sentences
The victim was mistakenly believed to be a member of a rival gang, the Mongrel Mob.
Bride, groom launched 40m through air in wedding-night car crash
Driver was over the limit and no one was wearing seatbelts in accident.
Large police presence in central Auckland for trans rally
Two groups are holding rallies to coincide with Eliana Rubashkyn's court hearing.
‘Dildo precedent?’ Protester who poured juice on Posie Parker tries to get assault charge tossed
The juice was spilled during a tense protest at Auckland’s Albert Park.
Home detention ordered for attempted rapist caught pantsless on CCTV
Methamphetamine psychosis was said to be a factor of the offending.
'You lose, your children lose': Waikato mum jailed for drug-dealing
Courtney Murray was arrested three years after other previous drug-related offences.
'I've killed my bro': Man gets home detention after mate falls off the back of ute
Group drinking before the accident but the driver was under the legal limit.
They demanded a child's cell phone but left after being handed a water blaster
They first tried to demand a cellphone from an 11-year-old girl.
Ruff ride: Man imprisoned after stealing car with labrador in the back
The car thief had an unexpected passenger.
Teen learner driver in court over crash that killed 18yo girl
The 18-year-old was killed after the car she was in fled police.
Brutal attack on Napier teen filmed, three women arrested and charged
Video of the incident has been classified as objectionable material.