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Two women were hurt injured as they were thrown into the air and crashed back on deck during a bar crossing.

Tieylr Saige Ayrton, 17, was under the influence of alcohol and driving driving 183km/h when she lost control of the vehicle.

Jackie Te Weehi pocketed $3422.57 of her fellow soldiers' and Defence Force money.

Police have taken the rare step of getting information suppressed without the media being able to reply.

A man who befriended a boy at a campground became a close family friend while sexually abusing the boy into his teenage years, the Crown says.

He would sneak into her room, telling her he was "scared to sleep on [his] own".

Matete, the first woman sentenced to preventive detention and now identifying as male, has been refused parole as risk assessments continue.

A man was left permanently injured, after a drug deal went wrong and he was stuck in his car with a knife-wielding attacker.

A Kaitaia woman enjoying the sunshine ended up being flown to hospital, after four dogs set upon her.

Gunak Lee, 23, was jailed for 14 months after an undercover DOC sting exposed his role in a planned international gecko-smuggling operation.

A judge declined to jail or register Kate Gough despite her "predatory" offending, prompting some supporters of the victim to walk out of the court.

Andrew Mercer was driving erratically and aggressively when he swung onto a road and his partner jumped off the trailer.

A judge, sentencing Hone Daniels after a jury found him guilty of the Hamilton robbery, has even labelled it as "entertaining".

The group went on to target another address just an hour later, where a woman was held for two hours as they demanded money.

Gary Claude Wilson, 74, has been on trial in the Whangārei District Court on charges related to sexually abusing a boy over several years.

Rajinder has been on trial accused of killing the Dunedin man last year.

The two attacks both took place at a South Auckland park and were nearly a year apart.