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A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter for the death of South African man Luke Smith has been sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment.

The former eye surgeon's four bedroom, three bathroom Upland Road house is on the market.

Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, was accused of pointing a handgun at a former friend and firing twice in their direction.

Jake Hamlin was sentenced to 12 months' home detention in the Whangārei District Court for driving drunk causing the death of Samantha Williams at Uretiti in 2023.

Early last year health professionals discovered multiple injuries - including broken bones and internal injuries - in two siblings after one was taken to hospital.

It followed an investigation by SPCA after a neighbour witnessed a man beating two puppies in his front garden.

The Defence Force has taken the Selwyn District Council to the Environment Court over its refusal to ban residents living near an army rifle range from complaining about its noise.

A young man previously jailed for scamming property off Facebook Marketplace, has been back to his old ways.

Both overviews and a website function have given away the names of people granted suppression. Audio

The government should not set military style academies into youth justice law, the children's commissioner says, despite its first bootcamp getting a glowing report.

Judge Simon Lance summed up the case at Auckland District Court on Friday morning.

Gunner Nikau Minhinnick Gill, 21, was the victim of a "violent attack" by two other soldiers, he died in unrelated circumstances last year.

Name suppression will continue for the man accused of murdering Lyn Fleming for at least another two weeks.

Wipuhara Kapene is accused of murdering Albert Enoka after he was shot dead on 10 December at a Naenae property in Seddon Street.

A well-known New Zealand musician is accused of mistreating his former partner, dating back to November 2022.

Gunn, whose real name is Elizabeth Cooney, was found guilty at a judge-alone trial last May of assaulting an airport worker three months earlier.

The 80-year-old faces charges relating to four boys aged between 12 and 16.

Gunner Nikau Minhinnick Gill died in an unrelated incident trying to rescue his dog from the Manawatū River last November.

Police have not ruled out the possibility of further arrests at this stage, a spokesperson says.