Fatal dog attack on baby: Accused changes plea - again
The man is now fighting the charge again, while his lawyer also has a battle on his hands.
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Landlord owed $20,000 in repairs and unpaid rent on $2m Auckland rental
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Tribunal throws out lawyer's 'confusing' tenancy case
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Group robbed, stripped naked and forced to hug, Crown says
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Tenant $8511 behind in rent hangs up on tribunal
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Man denies murdering five-month-old Southland baby
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Mental health nurse visited patient at motel, bought her gifts
A psychiatric nurse denies having a sexual relationship with a mental health patient.
'I thought I was going to die': Chronic pain after surgery 'not in head', ACC battler says
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'Broken up with alcohol': Celebrant vows to quit drinking after new driving ban
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Court gives green light to Mt Messenger Bypass but opposition continues
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'Oxygen thief': Senior Black Power member jailed over killing
Black Power member Wayne Reardon has been sentenced to five years' jail for manslaughter.
35 years on the run: Cold case hunt for Kiwi who allegedly beat her daughter to death and hid the body
A woman is to be extradited to Australia after allegedly murdering her daughter in 1987.
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Raglan community board member gets warning from judge after drink-driving charge.
Cold-case cult death: Kiwi mum charged with murder of her toddler 35 years ago
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Worker who bad-mouthed former employer ordered to stop
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Landlord's unlawful seizure: Woman forced into emergency accommodation, separated from children
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Ad claiming hand sanitiser sprayed on masks will stop Covid 'germs' to be removed
Sanitiser ad that breached advertising standards ordered to be removed from Facebook.
'Distracting behaviour': Air traffic controller had sex while directing planes
"I have reached that conclusion despite my finding that he did undertake risky behaviour."
Cancer survivor's health made worse by state of rental home
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Nurse suspended for six months for stealing from patient
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Alleged milk tanker attack; Boy racer facing multiple charges appears in court
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Hamilton man admits fatal driving charge
Michael Barugh Way's driving killed one woman and injured another person.
Inmate spends night perched on prison roof
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'Unhinged': Auckland lawyer guilty of misconduct for siphoning cash from parents' estate
Helen Holland failed to produce any paperwork to prove exactly what happened to the money.
Man's Covid lockdown break for the border ends in court
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