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For nearly 40 years, Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford made nuclear disarmament her mission.

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Open Justice reporting, funded through NZ on Air A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man due to go on trial today after a dog mauled a baby to de

Open Justice reporting, funded through NZ on Air A man who failed to turn up to court to go on trial has made a sudden change to his plea, and admitted own

Tom Lee/Stuff Anthony Zane Gareth Baker, 33, had pleaded guilty to firing at cars driven by boy racers on three occasions in mid-2020. He’s pictured after a previous appearance at Hamilton District Court. Tyres spun, engines revved, and Anthony Baker knew he wouldn’t be able to get back to sleep, again. So he loaded his rifle, went to the end of his rural driveway south of Hamilton, and fired a shot at one of the vehicles. It was an act he’d repeat on two other occasions when street rac...

Tom Lee/Stuff Anthony Zane Gareth Baker, 33, had pleaded guilty to firing at cars driven by boy racers on three occasions in mid-2020. He is pictured after a previous appearance at Hamilton District Court. Tyres spun, engines revved, and Anthony Baker knew he would not be able to get back to sleep, again. So he loaded his rifle, went to the end of his rural driveway south of Hamilton, and fired a shot at one of the vehicles. It was an act he would repeat on two other occasions when street rac...

Mark Taylor/Stuff Police rushed to the Westpac bank at the Chartwell shopping centre in Hamilton after Mohammed Mausheem used a replica firearm to rob a teller of almost $2000. Lockdown wasn’t kind to Mohammed Mausheem. He lost his job, became addicted to methamphetamine and, in a desperate bid to pay off his drug debts, he robbed two Hamilton banks and a dairy in a single day. Mausheem, 27, wept silently in the dock on Tuesday as he was jailed for four years and two months at his sentencin...