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Howard Temple, 85, was jailed for more than two years for sexually assaulting six girls and young women.

Howard Temple admitted five counts of indecent assault, five of doing an indecent act and two of common assault three days into his trial in July.

George Ace's historical offending against two children spanned several years.

Thomas Tuira and his former partner Aroha Tuira had earlier pleaded guilty to two representative charges of obtaining by deception.

Ariana Thompson-Bell argued the 55 percent discount to her sentence was inadequate.

The former Jetstar pilot has had his murder conviction overturned on appeal, and will face a new trial.

Kane Watson was killed when sand he was digging in collapsed and swallowed him on a beach.

One victim said the skipper was throwing bottles off the boat while he should have been calling emergency services. Audio

Constable Jacob Collins, of Waikato, can now be named as the officer who sprayed a motorist after pulling him over for speeding on State Highway 3.

Norton Sowerby tried to deny he was the driver when speaking to police after the crash.

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.