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'I feel like nobody cares and nobody listens', says grandmother of kid with fetal alcohol disorder

Grandmother gives evidence at tribunal hearing into alcohol-related harm on Māori.

Boys say they were beaten bloody by stepmother

Boys allege regular assaults, but defence says their account is made up.

Children turned into gang members by state

Paora Sweeney and Wiremu Waikari suffered appalling abuse at the hands of state carers.

Unnecessary cancer surgery after X-ray errors

A man who should have been sent to palliative care was operated on instead.

Appeal court dismisses claim from descendant of Northland land owners

Member of family which gifted land to Crown fights to be recognised heir in offer-back.

'Caught between his two parents': Judge orders 11-year-old to get vaccinated against Covid

His parents warred over whether their son should get the jab, so the judge chose for them.

Sexual proposition: Top teacher wanted to beat student by faking a human rights project

A young boy who was propositioned by Pinky Green tried to tell teachers years later.

'Aunty I've done something really, really bad' - Nomads prospect jailed

Nomads prospect stabbed a rival gang member in the face 15 times with a pair of scissors.

Pinky Green's victim: 'I'm shattered. It's breaking my heart, 33 years later'

More men have come forward with complaints about English teacher's sexual propositions.

Woman alleges she was raped next to her sleeping son

The woman says she was raped but defence is calling for the charges to be dropped.

Māori hearings: 'I was a child at the mercy of a monster'

Abuse in care: Māori hearings began on Monday with the experiences of two young men.

'I saw a gap and put my foot down', truck driver's fatal assumption prior to crash

Truck blind spots and wrong road markings are key issues in the inquest, the coroner says.

Heritage bach destroyed: Man found to be insane at the time of the fire

The blaze was seen by hundreds and prompted multiple calls to emergency services

Man suffered for four months with STI that should have been diagnosed within days

A rural clinic failed a man by not diagnosing his sexually transmitted infection earlier.

The teacher, the sexual proposition for money - and a 34-year wait for an apology

Glenn Marshall was 17 when teacher Pinky Green asked him to tie him naked to a chair.

Goods from burgled baches over lockdown found in storage unit

Holidaymakers' Awakino baches were looted during a Covid-19 level 3 restriction.