A repeat drink-driver claims to have ditched the booze and to be enjoying recovery.

As the officer's 'dream job' hangs in the balance, the teen responsible has been jailed.

The girl was raped at least three times a week over a number of years.

A whānau has stepped up to support an offender following a violent attack.

The bathing ban followed two drownings of disabled people in the care of Idea Services.

The grandmother, also a former nurse, was discharged without conviction for the assault.

Man being dealt with as adult for crimes committed as a youth was factor in avoiding jail.

The driver is short-sighted and admitted he was "used to making things out".

The woman was 36 weeks pregnant and was being violently attacked.

Acting sergeant said flashing fists were attempt to gain compliance.

The woman was found dead at her New Plymouth home and the man now remains in a facility.

Pet dog was allegedly suffocated to death on a New Plymouth street.

A Taranaki trust has pleaded guilty to owning a dog that attacked someone.

A DHB is struggling to provide court-ordered mental health reports for offenders.

The teen was at the beach watching ships at sea when he was attacked for his bag.

The dealer had lost his job and was desperate for money to keep his household afloat.

Three drunk men broke into a man's caravan and attacked him over an unpaid wage of $50.

The man would regularly babysit the victim, subjecting him to abuse on a weekly basis.

A man who killed a teen and was involved in a fatal police shooting breaks his silence.

Enraged over kitchen chores, a dad assaulted his twins and chased them with an axe.

One man was enraged by the Government's restrictions on people who were not vaccinated.

Violent attack at New Plymouth bar shows the "danger of alcohol and youth", judge says.

The man drank three bottles of wine before driving to a police patrol car.

Victims and defendants are suffering the consequences of delays in mental health reports.

The inmate was caught trying to smuggle the drugs into prison after compassionate leave.

A man tried to drag his ex from their burning house - but she resisted.

In an attempt to get money for drugs, a man told his ex he had been captured at gunpoint.

Following six years of court battles, the State Highway 3 roading project is set to begin.

The woman was awarded $6800 for the breaches and further claims will soon be heard.

A Crips affiliate drove into a group of Mongrel Mob members, running down a child.

The dealer was baking a batch of cannabis confectionery when police arrived.

A farmer previously fined $60,000 for moving a stream on his property was back in court.

The strip club owner didn't pay rent for a year and refused to leave.

The complainant accepted she could have had a conversation in which she gave consent.

The woman says she was raped but defence is calling for the charges to be dropped.

Holidaymakers' Awakino baches were looted during a Covid-19 level 3 restriction.

When the driver looked up he saw the man and slammed on his brakes, but he was too late.

Taranaki 19-year-old avoids conviction but disqualified from driving for a year.

A man fleeing a police chase drove to a checkpoint manned by multiple officers.

The victim was pregnant to the attacker's ex-boyfriend.

The woman spent someone else's money, and stole meat. But she wasn't entirely to blame.

The vehicle was shunted from the building and suspended metres above the footpath.

The man said the violence was out of character and described himself as a "protector".

The woman was found dead in her New Plymouth home on Monday afternoon.

The man was struck with such force, the knife first went through his leather vest.

The judge "nursed" the man to treatment through the sentences he imposed. It failed.

The Chief District Court Judge's office said it was in response to the spread of Omicron.

She said no but he didn't listen. Afraid, she offered no further resistance.

When police arrested him, he had on only a towel wrapped around his waist.

Clouds of dust repeatedly blew from a development site, across a highway and over homes.

Not knowing what to do, the girl pretended to be asleep each time he touched her.

The accused denies he caused the crash and is heading to trial.

The man is still doing drugs and was back in court shortly after his release from jail.

The man will remain in custody until his next appearance in April.

Chickens were not weighed correctly after a company failed to fix a machine at Tegel.

The woman fell asleep on the man's couch. She froze when he began to touch her.

The man professed his love for his "darling" in a letter read out in court.

The victim thought they were friends and the woman took advantage of that, a judge said.

The man wanted time to prepare for rehab but the judge worried he'd get on the "turps".

Prison wouldn't help him and there was nothing probation could do either, it was heard.

A man was released from an inpatient order too early, creating victims, a judge says.

Police arrested a man at the Stratford Speedway following a report of a sexual assault.

After threatening to shoot one facilitator, the knife-wielding man scuffled with others.

After years of wine tastings, the man's liver was no longer processing alcohol properly.

A South Taranaki man has been remanded into custody following a police bust on Thursday.

He was told he wasn't allowed to drive. But that didn't stop one Taranaki man.

Two strangers crossed paths outside a Taranaki pub and the result was a brutal attack.