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The survivor has told an inquest into the deaths of 22 people on Whakaari/White Island that they couldn't outrun the erupting volcano's pyroclastic flow.

The 18-year-old women had been drinking, driving 200 metres off the track and were not wearing seatbelts when they went off a bank.

Lucy Walsh was fined $10,000 for using her employer's identity to falsely declare she was licensed and carry out work she was not allowed to do.

Truck driver Sarah Hope Schmidt sent 45 Snapchat messages and received 85 while driving.

A 32-year-old who bound and assaulted an elderly man during a robbery failed to have his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

A 19-year-old caught with dye-stained hands has been jailed, after helping uplift almost a kilogram of methamphetamine.

A drunk driver, dragging his dog suspended from a window, pulled the fingers at motorists who were honking and yelling at him to stop.

An inquest is underway into the deaths of 13 people in relation to the 2023 cyclone.

The Grammy-winning lyrics claimed the Canadian rapper was a "certified pedophile".

Husamettin Dogan was the only one to have maintained his appeal after the first trial last year of 51 men, including Pelicot's husband.

A video recording of a survivor's harrowing account of the White Island disaster has been played in a coroner's court.

Tuariki Delamere admitted he made a "dumb decision many years ago".

The Auckland teacher had earlier pleaded guilty to abusing an 11-year-old student more than 20 years her junior.

A woman has pleaded not guilty to interfering with human remains after the body of a newborn baby was found in a wheelie bin.

Aaron Drever has been sentenced to another eight months' jail, this time for misleading the Official Assignee.

It comes as police continue to hunt for those who helped the fugitive father stay hidden.

Daytona Thompson, the coward-punch killer of videographer Daniel Nganeko will spend four years and two months in prison.

The sexual assault lawsuit against author Neil Gaiman has been dismissed by a US judge on jurisdictional grounds.

ASB has reached a $135.6 million settlement to settle a class action lawsuit over alleged historical breaches of credit disclosures.

An Internal Affairs investigation found the company breached its obligations under anti-money laundering and terrorism financing laws.