Hawke’s Bay family’s grief one year after 11yo daughter Emma-Jane Kupa killed
Pineaha had been intoxicated, high on methamphetamine, and before hitting Emma-Jane was travelling at a speed between 88km/h…
UK schoolgirl dies in house fire started by cigarette lighter, inquest hears
“Layla was a fit, healthy 13-year-old, she wasn’t trapped, and there was no reason why she wouldn’t have…
Good on defence, and attack: Hawke’s Bay woman wins top Defence Force award
Puketapu said: “Playing for the Māori All Stars … that was special. It wasn’t just sport. It was…
Bay of Plenty teen denies raping schoolgirl, says he went into her room so she could ‘paint his face’
She said it would happen in her room, under a trampoline, or behind some bushes on the Bay…
Bay of Plenty teenager on trial charged with raping young schoolgirl
The girl, who was 6 at the time of her evidential video interview, told the interviewer the boy…
Missing Oratia teenager Vera-Lee Rosandich found
An Auckland schoolgirl who vanished from her bed overnight has been found, police say. Fourteen-year-old Vera-Lee Rosandich was…