Latest from District Court

'He has lost his profession': Former doctor faces reality of anti-vaccine stance

Judge: Eye surgeon could have stopped practising but chose to try to bend the rules.

Fatal distraction: The Snapchatting truckie's countdown to tragedy

Caleb Baker was killed after distracted truck driver Sarah Schmidt ploughed into him.

Driver sent 45 Snapchat messages before fatally ploughing into young man's ute

'She should have seen the traffic ... what she did see for 14 seconds is her phone.'

'An ethical dilemma': 30-year medical career ended by Covid vaccine stance

Doctor tried to keep practising under Māori customary law.

Old photos and videos help convict 'sick and twisted' child rapist

Woman abused as little girl confronts abuser in court.

Duck-stomping prison inmate Eruera Peratiaki makes $1000 donation to the SPCA

Eruera Peratiaki threw apple at duck, chased it, kicked it and stomped on its head.

Judge rules against Lena Duncan in ongoing animal welfare case

Lena Duncan claims that search warrants were illegal and the SPCA violated her rights.

Boy, 9, comes to father's aid in violent Mongrel Mob 'hit'

'This is a hit and it's come from the captain,' victim told before he was attacked.

Dad wanting to leave gang told it would cost him $20k - or his ute

The man was then assaulted before locking himself, his pregnant wife and kids in a room.

Youth crime: A teen robber’s two-year trail of $190k mayhem revealed

Teenagers netted $140,000 of watches, rings and medallions in 45-second raid.

School worker, charged with indecency, told to surrender passport

Man remanded on bail to appear in the Hastings court again on July 2.

Terrorised, battered woman was tied up and left on a bed - then she smelled smoke

Recidivist offender's chilling words: 'I can't let you go because you'll nark.'

'You owe these people': Online scammer will take 11 years to repay his victims $8700

Paul Sutton can only afford to make repayments of $15 a week.

Kathleen Kawana death: Police claim she was murdered in Hastings

The murder-accused has been remanded in custody and has name suppression.

Mother of kidnapped girls: 'He has taken away innocence of childhood'

One girl who ran to escape returned to help her sister.

Two axehead-shaped holes in front doors of courthouse, hearings delayed

Jurors and lawyers waited outside while broken glass was cleared away.

Callous, uncaring man 'became criminal' during sex with young woman

Woman did not know two men who picked her up and took her to a motel.

How one victim tracked down a burglar on a crime spree

A set of keys with a GPS fob attached was one of the items Layna Brown stole.