A man will appear in court tomorrow after an armed offenders squad callout in Kaikohe this morning.Police said a man known to use firearms was seen going into a flat in the town just after 8am.Police cordoned off the area and... - Man arrested after AOS callout in Kaikohe, A woman found guilty of over an incident where her former partner was made to bark like a dog and sign away his car has had an appeal against her sentence rejected.A Tauranga District Court jury in June found Helena Bendall guilty... - Court rejects woman's appeal over attack on former partner, A small but defiant group of protesters remain in Dunedin's Octagon.A handful of tents cover a small portion of the grass-covered public space - a significant decline since October 15 when over 30 tents 100 protesters set up camp.Police... - Defiant group of Dunedin protesters remain in Octagon, A man accused of shaking a six-month-old baby so hard that he died told the boy's mother to take the baby to hospital many times before his death, a court has been told.James Hemana is on trial in the High Court at Auckland, accused... - Cousin defends parenting of man accused of shaking baby to death, North Shore residents are fed up with MMP, after their controversial ex-mayor "snuck" into Parliament despite a miserable result in the polls. Andrew Williams, mayor of North Shore City for three years, received just 2.5 per cent... - Ex-mayor's political rise 'ridiculous', 'dreadful' and 'a joke', The mother of one of the six Hamilton girls hospitalised after taking tainted pills at school has been charged with drug possession.Her daughter has been referred to Youth Aid for supplying the pills to her friends.Six Fairfield... - Mother charged over girls' drug use, Protesters from the Occupy movement are fighting an Auckland Council court application to have them removed from Aotea Square, more than six weeks after they first pitched their tents there.The council claims the protesters are... - Occupy protesters fight back against council, A mother has appeared in court charged with assaulting a girl who attacked her daughter outside a secondary school in Helensville.Mellissa Anderson, 34, appeared before the Waitakere District Court today.Her lawyer sought name... - Bullying victim's mother appears in court, A man has been knocked unconscious after interrupting thieves at his home near Palmerston North.Police said the attack happened when the 40-year-old victim was awoken by noises outside his home south of Pahiatua at around 3am on... - Man bashed after disturbing thieves, Police are commending the actions of two Hamiltonians who rescued a 12-year-old boy from a potential indecent assault at a park in a city.Detective Sergeant Carl Moon said police were called to a car park for the golf and mini-golf... - Boy saved from potential assault - police, The Green Party's new 13 member caucus sat down together for the first time this morning at parliament, joined also by Mojo Mathers who could be their fourteenth MP within two weeks, if special votes allow.The new faces around the... - Greens' first caucus welcomes new faces, A well known sportsman has been charged with assaulting a child.The man, who has interim name suppression, was arrested on Saturday and appeared in Auckland District Court this morning.He was remanded on bail until he appears... - Top sportsman charged with child assault, 'Accidental millionaire' Leo Gao has reportedly agreed to be extradited to New Zealand from Hong Kong - but police here are not aware of any developments.The 30-year-old Chinese New Zealander was arrested at the Hong Kong border... - Millionaire runaway to return: report, The man accused of murdering North Shore teenager Christie Marceau has appeared in court for a second time.Akshay Anand Chand, 19, allegedly murdered Christie, 18, in her home on November 7. He has been in custody since.Christie's... - Teen's murder-accused in court, Final name suppression was ordered yesterday for a Queenstown woman who admitted making malicious phone calls in which she falsely alleged a child was in a lesbian relationship and had a sexually transmitted disease.In the Queenstown... - STD, lesbian calls earn mother work penalty, The identity of a Somali national charged with the murder of one of his countrymen in Hamilton can now be revealed.Name suppression for Naji Hashi Mohamed has lapsed after he appeared at the Hamilton District Court via audio visual... - Revealed: Man accused of Hamilton murder named,

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