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The case centred around a surprise 50th birthday party at a Stokes Valley address in December 2023.

John Paul Smith was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.

Colombian Felipe Montoya-Ospina was jail for importing, extracting and distributing cocaine in New Zealand.

It was the second time Lynette O'Boyle became "over-involved" in a case.

Peter Prescott was caught driving 64km/h in a 50km/h zone and was sent a ticket for it in 2016.

When Anthony Harrison said linseed oil caused a fire that destroyed his workshed, a judge said his story was not believable.

A couple dedicated to serving the vulnerable had their lives shattered on what was meant to be the start of a joyful family holiday.

The judge's decision found the arguments for stopping the sale "generally weak", and that claims of a local boat fleet being harmed were "overstated". Audio

But Benjamin Wong claims he cannot remember his actions.

Abrego Garcia was deported on March 15 on one of three high-profile deportation flights to El Salvador.

The man accused of killing Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming on New Year's Day still cannot be named.

Iranian film My Favourite Cake won awards in Europe and the US, and featured in New Zealand's International Film Festival.

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman at her Mt Pleasant home in Christchurch.

The man and woman were taken into police custody on Thursday.

Work has not begun on seismic repairs to the Nelson courthouse, more than six weeks after it closed.

Six young people absconded from the community remand homes in two separate, unrelated incidents on 8 April.

Inspectors found 25 sheep and several newborn lambs recently dead on the Tararua property.

A budding friendship born behind bars appears to have gone awry once three inmates were released and one ended up with a shotgun being pointed in his face while he was robbed by the other two.

Former Northland teacher James Robertson Parker was convicted in 2013 of 74 charges.