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A three-year-old died in hospital after being hit by a reversing vehicle at a property in Gore on New Year's Day.

Abel Wira kept at least 21 dogs confined to a caravan on Neville Thomson's property - until they allegedly broke free and fatally mauled the man he called his brother.

The Crown lawyers faced scrutiny over whether claims double convicted murderer David Tamihere had lied had been put to him at trial.

A woman has described speaking to her partner over the phone in the seconds before he was killed by 23 dogs at his Northland property.

A 26-year-old has been charged with two counts of attempted arson and unlawfully possessing an offensive weapon.

The victim was stabbed 31 times by the defendant.

He is accused of fracturing more than a dozen of the child's bones, using "significant force".

The court found riverbeds deemed to be part of the marine area can be included in Māori customary marine title orders.

Ratha Ny sentenced after pleading guilty in March to four charges under the Immigration Act. Audio

The man has been locked up for nearly 20 years, but he will not walk free just yet.

Daytona Thompson has admitted to manslaughter after an unprovoked attack on Daniel Nganeko outside a rugby clubroom.

RNZ will argue against the heavy suppressions on Monday, before court martial begins. Audio

David Ngatokotoru Martin has lived overseas for 36 years. Now's he's being deported to NZ.

The woman's fitness to stand trial has been raised in court. Audio

The man, who has interim name suppression, is charged with deceptively obtaining more than $350,000.

Her husband Philip Polkinghorne was found not guilty of her murder last year.

Gordon Hieatt strangled his girlfriend in 2009 and became eligible for parole in 2020.

The employee's lawyer said he thought he could transfer it from his work phone to his personal phone.

Tim Jago was jailed for two and a half years last year after being convicted of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s.