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All were in the North Island and involve people killed since 1 August - half were in Auckland.

Sentencing for a man who admitted having more than two million child pornography files was adjourned until December.

The SPCA said in August 2022 the offender was seen kicking and throwing his brown and white male bull terrier named Klanga.

If someone had been strangled by another person, Dr Stephen Cordner said more often than not, there would be additional injuries to the body which indicated an assault.

The incident involved "a small number of staff and young people and resulted in one minor injury", Karen Chhour says.

A man was killed and three wounded in Auckland's Grey Lynn, in what police say was a fight between two groups that started as broken windows and escalated.

The charges following the US school shooting stem from Colin Gray "knowlingly allowing" his son, Colt Gray, to possess a weapon, officials say.

The arrests comes almost a year after a fatal fire.

Analysis: While the government has argued the new rules will act as an effective deterrent to gang membership, it is not clear how these laws will stand up.

Armed police have closed off a road and three people are in hospital with gunshot wounds.

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The prosecutors say there is no realistic chance of securing a conviction against the former Hollywood producer.

The incident came on the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games attack, when Palestinian gunmen murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, the head of the country's Olympics committee said on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend.

The move comes after police confirmed it had arrested every member of the gang's Christchurch chapter in a major drug bust.