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Police hunt abductor after girl grabbed
Police have issued a description of a man they say followed an 8-year-old girl and tried to drag her into his car - the latest in a series of abduction attempts in Auckland.
Life in jail for thistle grubber murder
A man who murdered an Auckland man with a thistle grubber has been jailed for life with a non-parole period of 21 years.
Baby kidnapper had 'no evil intent'
A woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from hospital to convince her partner she had given birth has been banned from having unsupervised access to babies.
Guilty of bush murder
Wayne Bracken was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering Jack Davis in 2011. But co-accused Neville Dangen, 24 was found not guilty of the same charges.
Murder-accused 'trimmed nails'
A man accused of murdering an Auckland father was so forensically aware, he trimmed his nails and hair and burned bloody clothing, a court has been told.
‘I can’t forgive her’: Mum
The mother of a newborn baby kidnapped from her hospital crib has described her terror at thinking the child was gone forever.
Baby grab leads to security shake-up
Middlemore Hospital in Auckland has beefed up security after a woman entered the maternity ward and snatched a two-day-old baby in January.
When the battle for the kids turns ugly
Last year, 170 Kiwi children were abducted by one parent and moved inter-country.