The man was embroiled in an international custody battle for his stepdaughter.

Around 19 workers were housed in a garage for four months. Some were without mattresses.

He became enraged when he saw the stranger holding his son's hand.

A judge said there are children all over New Zealand traumatised by domestic violence.

Now Kodee Kee-Sue has been jailed for more than 13 years.

The man was beaten, knocked off the jetty and held underwater.

The alleged offending occurred on four separate occasions over two weeks.

Southern Thompson said her difficult background and remorse warranted a greater discount.

'I feel so robbed and heartbroken', a victim's son tells the court.

Michael Smith stole a car that had a baby asleep in the backseat. Then he went on the lam.

Peter Leitch says his memory is going but he's still as sharp as a tack.

Corrections staff and court security were assaulted in the melee.

A member of the public tried to stop them from fleeing but was rundown in the process.

Now a father and son are on trial together in the High Court at Napier.

Billy-James Natanahira threw pavers at police during the March 2022 riot.

He herded employees into the back of the store and attacked one with a crowbar.

But now he has been discharged without conviction for his actions.

Owen Dlyakiya received four rifles and onsold two of them.

Leigh Beer has been found guilty of murdering Emma Field. Now his history can be revealed.

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when the blaze took hold.

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There was a baby inside the stolen vehicle who was then abandoned on a berm.

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when a fire took hold of her bedroom.

Emma Field was alive when the fire took hold.

The woman picked her victims carefully - they were either elderly or had health issues.

Kupa Koinaki didn't realise police had already taken the cocaine he was meant to collect.

But two years later, the fraud was discovered and it all came crashing down.

Jason Lambert's lawyer argued: “It’s his right to be tried without undue delay.”

The 35-year-old was accused of assaulting the girl who turned up at school with injuries.

Kohl Gibbons was wearing a headlamp and holding a .22 sawn-off rifle.