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OPINION: It will continue to resonate for a long while beyond the High Court of Auckland.
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Gaye Bush spoke exclusively to the Herald about the killing of her husband Chris in 1987.
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'Chris definitely got justice today, I am so pleased for his family too.'
Cops, cameras, crims - video of gang's botched $1m drug deal
Police surveillance helped to convict senior members of the Comancheros gang last year.
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Tired of the gang running the town, a constable wrote directly to the Police Commissioner.
Smoke and mirrors: The story of a thieving 'trader' with many names
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Corruption threat: Gang films police recruit taking drugs
Officers feared incriminating footage would be used by the gang as leverage for favours.
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The inside story of how police took down the Comanchero gang
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The Head Hunters and the vacant neighbourhood home: Inside NZ's biggest meth lab
Exclusive extract from Herald reporter's book on the evolution of organised crime in NZ.
Gangland: Inside NZ's biggest cocaine bust
The "fishing trip" that resulted in a huge cocaine haul.
Inside the tragic death of Baby Royal
Social workers should have visited baby after concerns raised just weeks before his death.
Exclusive: Air NZ baggage handlers in alleged lockdown drug smuggle
EXCLUSIVE: Customs alleges Air NZ staff helped man smuggle $8 million worth of meth.
Extraordinary heist: Suspicious shipping container linked to gang vanishes from port
Investigators suspect drugs hidden in shipping container shifted by port worker at night.
Broken Angel cold case: Police re-open inquiry into rape and murder of 6yo girl
Forty years on, police review cold-case rape and murder of six-year-old girl in Auckland.
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Why a subtle change in traditional gang hierarchy led to "uncontrolled growth" in numbers.
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'Patching over': Mongrel Mob leader's brother, nephew join Comancheros
High-profile gang leader warned of Oz threat; now brother and nephew have joined rivals.
Gangs of New Zealand: Inside the 'uncontrolled growth' of the gang scene
Gang scene explodes with new patches and numbers, up 50 per cent to record 7000 members.
Mr Asia: The strange clue that blew open international drug-smuggling case
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