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French tourist raped at gunpoint

A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.

Teenagers charged with rape of Asian tourist

'Vicious' sexual assault alarms police

One dead after Opotiki crash

World's largest mussel farm a step closer

Eight-year term for tomahawk attack

Grief over body exhumation unavoidable, judge says

A widow wins the right to bring her husband's body back from his family marae but the judge says she should try to resolve the row with his relatives.

Quick arrest follows bank holdup

Couple in 'awful' road attack