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Kiwi mum Sarah Shaw and her son Isaac are back home in Washington state, after being detained for 3 weeks, but she still has to wear an ankle monitor.

A man who strangled a woman as she lay in bed said he got stoned at a mate’s place before it happened.

A Christchurch mother is furious her 15-year-old son spent a sixth night being held in a police cell after he was arrested last Thursday.

A Department of Conservation investigation is under way after a litter of seven puppies was found dumped in a national park in Taranaki.

Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson is standing by his economic spending decisions, and rejects the suggestion the last Labour government did not have enough real-world experience.

Only a quarter of children at the end of intermediate school were writing and doing maths last year at the level expected by new curriculums introduced this year.