Crime

The weapons stockpile included pistols, potentially prohibited and restricted weapons, significant quantities of ammunition, and parts.

Chinese national Tingjun Cao interrupted in Mandarin and gesticulated towards his lawyers.

Tingjun Cao was found guilty following a seven-week High Court trial. Audio

Tim McKinnel says he was initially reluctant to look into the case, but then decided it warranted closer examination.

There were 10 recorded incidents in which more than $100,000 was lost.

The judge overseeing the case declared a mistrial after the jury foreperson refused to continue deliberations.

Official figures now forecast a 4000-person, or 36%, increase in prisoners by 2035.

The new publication is being delivered to inmates at prisons in Canterbury.

The jury has not yet reached a verdict on all counts the former movie mogul faces in deliberations that have been marred by infighting and threats.

The 80-year-old man linked to the secretive sect will stand trial for sex offences, including indecent assault, sodomy and bestiality.

A lawyer told the court the dog had also previously bitten a Kāinga Ora property manager who had visited the property.

Mark Mitchell attended a meeting on Auckland's North Shore where social housing, rough sleepers and police responsiveness were flagged as priorities.

Drummond Augustine has pleaded not guilty.

Elliot Cameron made "constant threats" he would kill someone but staff didn't press him for further information.

They include strangulation, threatening to kill, and making and distributing an intimate recording.