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No charges to be laid over CTV building collapse - police
Detective Superintendent Peter Read says there is not enough evidence to prosecute someone over the CTV building collapse during the February 22, 2011 earthquake. Video, Audio
Rewa victim: 'I knew he was capable of killing me'
A woman raped by Malcolm Rewa two weeks before Susan Burdett's murder says she is pleased he may face another trial. Audio
Jury to resume deliberating on baby-sitter trial after weekend
The jury will resume deliberating on Monday on the fate of a baby-sitter who is accused of murdering a baby in her care. Audio
Teenager denies having sex with underage girl in police kidnapping case
Two senior police officers are currently on trial in the High Court after a teenager accused them of kidnapping and threatening to charge him with statutory rape. Our reporter Sally Murphy has been at… Video, Audio
MSD argues solo mum's loans were income
The Ministry of Social Development says loans taken out by a woman on the benefit to make ends meet count as income. Audio
Ponzi scheme victims 'embarassed' after being duped
Sixty-year-old Shane Richard Scott has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after previously pleading guilty to 27 charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
Wife sentenced to home detention for husband's manslaughter in 2011
A Hawke's Bay woman has been sentenced to 11 months home detention for the manslaughter of her husband six years ago - a death the coroner initially ruled involved no foul play. Video, Audio
Families urged to take a stand against child abuse at Moko inquest
The former head of the Women's Refuge, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, has called on families to stand up and take a stand against violence on children at the inquest into Moko's death. Audio
Gloriavale sex abuser granted name suppression extension
The man, in his forties, was arrested in September on two charges of unlawful sexual connection and two charges of indecent assault. RNZ reporter Logan Church was at court. Video, Audio
Inquest into death of man shot by police in Myer's Park
Coroner Katherine Greig is considering whether 21-year-old David Cerven provoked police to shoot him. RNZ reporter Edward Gay, who was at the inquest, reports. Audio
Six men jailed for car boot kidnapping turned manslaughter
Jail terms ranged from six to 12 years for the kidnapping that turned fatal after 50-year-old Jindarat Prutsiriporn fell, bound and gagged, from the boot of a moving car.
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Auckland pamper party murder trial nears an end
RNZ reporter Sarah Robson reports on the trail of a woman accused of murdering her friend at an alcohol-fueled pamper party in Auckland. Video, Audio
Gerry Brownlee acted 'unlawfully' over uninsured land, court rules
The former Earthquake Recovery Minister's decision to exclude uninsured Canterbury landowners under the Recovery Plan was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an interim judgement. Video, Audio
Day care teacher sentenced for smacking & force-feeding kids
A parent whose child was assaulted by former day-care supervisor Lynn Euphemia Abraham says her sentence of five months home detention isn't tough enough. Audio
Father who shot daughter found guilty of manslaughter
Auckland man Gustav Otto Sanft has been found guilty of manslaughter for shooting his two-year-old daughter in the head with a sawn-off shotgun. Video, Audio
Home detention for third man in pokie machine fraud
The final person to be sentenced over a pokie machine fraud has been characterised as a 'bit player' who was unaware of the level of deception carried out by the scheme's leader. Audio
Crown makes closing arguments in father's manslaughter trial
The Crown says Gustav Otto Sanft cocked a loaded shotgun, pointed it at his two year-old daughter - who was as close as thirty centimetres away - and pulled the trigger. Edward Gay reports. Audio
Four year police operation sends drug ringleader to jail
Two men who used coded references to chainsaws, car parts and other items in a bid to outwit possible police surveillance of their drug operation have been jailed. Video, Audio
Cop in tears describing scene where toddler was shot dead
A senior constable wept in court today as she described the bloody scene where Amokura Daniels-Sanft had been fatally shot in the head. The girl's father Gustav Otto Sanft is on trial for… Video, Audio
Pokie machine fraudster jailed for four and a half years
Marlborough racing personality Michael O'Brien was jailed today for taking millions of dollars in backhanders, in what a judge has described as "sophisticated" fraud. Video, Audio