15+ hour, 8+ min ago   (609+ words) Leonard Hansen trashed a farmhouse and caused nearly $20,000 in damage before stealing a quad bike and riding more than 100km along a busy tourist route to his grandmother's home. He was captured by CCTV heading along Inland Scenic Route 72 in the…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (910+ words) Warning: This story references child sexual abuse and may be upsetting to readers The comfort a young girl sought from a nightmare when she climbed into her parents' bed led to her being raped by her father as her mother…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (460+ words) A woman whose home was gutted by burglars who ripped copper pipes from the walls lost far more than metal, with thieves also taking sentimental pieces she had collected with her late husband. Clifton Yates and his associates not only…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (258+ words) Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site. Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (402+ words) Is sport the answer to cutting youth crime and re-offending by tamariki? This week, the government announced it's giving almost $2.5 million to six community sport and outdoor programmes as part of the government's wider goal to reduce serious and persistent…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (803+ words) Australia's banks have been defrauded of more than $600 million by one of the country's largest fraud syndicates, NSW Police says. Police yesterday charged three people with allegedly assisting the multi-million dollar fraud and money laundering syndicate, including a Bankstown accounting…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1022+ words) The lawyer for a man accused of double murder has pointed blame at the other man there on the night of the killings. Lok Fung Lorrence Li is on trial in the High Court at Auckland. He is accused of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (397+ words) Rangatahi are serving an "invisible sentence" after a parent goes to prison - and might soon have a navigator dedicated to helping them through the process. Charity Pillars Kapo Whakaho will be rolling out a new five-year pilot with three whānau…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (786+ words) When a supervised visit with her one-year-old son did not go as a young mother had hoped, she spiralled into destruction. The child was not engaging with her and the 21-year-old was devastated, prompting her to end the visit early…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (396+ words) A psychologist has been described as having emotionally exploited a vulnerable man after she entered into a sexual relationship with him while he was a client. The intimate encounters began after the man attended an ACC-funded retreat co-facilitated by the…...