Convicted murderer Philip Smith has been unsuccessful in challenging a rule that prevents men from having sex with each other at a special treatment unit for child sex abusers.
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News60 percent of youth prosecutions target Māori
Despite the recent spotlight on ram raids and smash-and-grab robberies, the number of young people ending up in court is dropping.
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Crown Solicitor opens up on guilt he feels being a part of system that has landed against Māori
Brian Dickey is among this country's top criminal prosecutors and a partner with litigation firm Meredith Connell.
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Man jailed 17 years after murdering māmā in front of kids
A man who stabbed a woman to death with a boning knife in front of her two children will serve a jail term for as long in years as the number of knife wounds he inflicted.
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Man leaps from dock, lunges toward lawyer during court hearing
A High Court hearing was halted when the defendant leaped out of the dock at the start of the proceedings, stunning the court before he was subdued and taken away by security officers.
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Mum's 'frightening' escape with tamariki from armed home invaders
A young mother remains haunted from having to lower her two children out of a bedroom window and sprint across farmland into the darkness after a group of armed men burst into their home.
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Woman torches partner's house, causes $165k in loss
Suspicious her partner was cheating, a woman attacked the man and then torched his newly renovated house - leaving him up to $165,000 out of pocket.
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Illegal two-way radios a problem- regulator
Authorities trying to curb the flow of illegally obtained two-way radio devices have charged a Northland man with importing them without a licence.
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Judge changes boy's name to avoid links to criminal dad
A mother has been allowed to change her son's registered birth name so that he will not be "bullied and embarrassed and shamed" on social media because of his father's extensive criminal past.
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'Struggling to hang on to hope'- Cribb-Sua on challenges for whānau, rangatahi
Rangatahi have been faced with mental health challenges during the tough times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
