His eighth confirmed victim stared him down in court this week. Others may be waiting.

He groped three girls, aged 5 to 8, on separate occasions.

The son got a discharge without conviction but perverting justice led to jail for his dad.

He was a literal poster boy for ASB but also corrupted colleagues, collected P shipments.

A rough sleeper killed a man after waking up agitated at a South Auckland bus stop.

A senior orthopaedic nurse and his wife were killed in November 2023.

'Your life was a lie,' the judge said, but he declined an indefinite sentence.

A prospect and three patched members were investigated, including the national president.

He arrived to find the victim naked and bound, then he joined in.

He has since sobered up and re-evaluated his life choices, his lawyer says.

There was a fragile truce after weeks of gang warfare. The violence almost re-ignited.

His name cannot be published but his face is all over the internet.

He insists it's all a conspiracy, leaving no hope for rehabilitation, the Crown says.

It was a messy break-up for the high-ranking patched member. His family paid the price.

The woman, who had been out of prison less than a month, victimised an Afghan refugee.

Corrupt company directors Sean Bryan and Mark Lester are headed to prison.

'Something's not right up here', he admitted when police asked why he abused two victims.

She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.

An ex-police officer threatened to dig up the victim's deceased mum.

Now he's appealed, saying prison was manifestly excessive for the crime.

'I know what this is about', Taiawa Harawira said when police came to arrest him.

New Zealand needs to send a message that it's not an easy target, the judge said.

Not guilty pleas were entered through lawyers.

Dimetrius Pairama, 17, was tortured for hours before she was forced to hang herself.

Kelly-Anne Burns never returned after being granted short-term bail to attend a funeral.

Name suppression for Hao Feng lapsed after four months of court-ordered anonymity.

On the first day of his scheduled trial last week, Shu Poon admitted killing the couple.

He convinced the teen to recruit her friends. Until now, his identity was hidden.

A man slapped a woman's bottom in a nightclub... her boyfriend got cruel revenge.

The toxic relationship ended with the defendant and his now ex both needing surgery.

He asked the judge to keep his identity secret permanently, hoping to return to his job.

Her lawyer said the victim's gender made the crime less serious. The judge disagreed.

He was also accused of plotting to kill his former landlord.

Joseph Kwok was stabbed to death after his address was released by the Justice Ministry.

Stone spent 25 years in prison following the 'Gone Fishing' cold case trial in Auckland.

The maple syrup shipment contained enough methamphetamine to supply all of NZ for a year.

Reaching out to loan sharks over WeChat turned out to be a bad idea. She is now in jail.

One attacker was already serving time for the robbery and killing of a cancer patient.

He later repeatedly rammed a police vehicle with the car he had stolen.

He owned a company worth seven figures by day. By night, he caused over $1m in damage.

Nofo Lameko skipped his sentencing in December to go on tour.

He sought compassionate bail, claiming his godmother had died – she didn't exist.

Visiting hours included a cuddle, a hug and multiple pills stuffed down an inmate's shirt.

The officer, a part-time driving instructor, said he mixed up the brake and accelerator.

CCTV clearly shows anger and reckless bravado, the judge said at the shooter's sentencing.

A third jury will have to decide after the defendants' latest trial ended in a deadlock.

It's taken nine years, but Australian police are one step closer to catching up with him.

A stranger had taken Sergio Williams into his home. He overstayed his welcome.

Migrants weren't told they were working illegally until after they arrived from Samoa.

The reluctant NZ resident wants to make up for the fraud – with volunteer work, not cash.

Neurodiversity paired with lack of boundaries was partly blamed for ramming a police car.

An Auckland judge took a rare step this week by ordering a sentence with no end date.

Darren Couper punched the victim an estimated 55 times after he'd been fatally stabbed.

He has performed at many events attended by children. No one knew his secret.

He drove on the wrong side of the motorway with lights off while trying to shake police.

Destry Watts buried the alleged murder weapon in his partner's yard.

A US gangs expert said '187' was a reference to the California penal code for murder.

After admitting attempted murder he recanted, claiming he was there for a debate only.

The victim was stabbed, burned and forced to eat faeces. He suffered a broken spine.

Jurors deliberated an unusually long 37 hours over nearly a week.

'Yum', the witness responded when prosecutors showed her a photo of the defendant.

Tofi Matagi was left dying on the bar's game room floor for over an hour.

But the seven defendants still cannot be identified.

He pleaded guilty in December.

A judge said the high-profile 501 "hit the ground running" upon arrival in New Zealand.

Lawyers for the trio said murder was never their intention.

He was initially charged with attempted murder following his partner's gruesome injuries.

The defendant's recorded statements changed after police made two major revelations.

The neurodiverse teen twice ditched his electronic ankle monitor during the spree.

One survivor was beaten so severely he thought he'd been hit by a bus.

The boy spoke to police when he was 10. Now 12, he says he remembers things differently.

The teen required an emergency caesarean but her baby didn't survive.

The defendant is accused of beating his partner until she jumped from the moving vehicle.