Editorial: Criminal bargaining can sometimes be justified, but it but shouldn't become a standard method of resolving serious crime.

Crown Law will take over the prosecution of John Banks on a charge of knowingly filing a false election return.

Parliament will urgently pass a law validating the oaths of returning police officers, before any of their actions since returning can be called into question.

A Kiwi policeman who died in Tonga suffered heavy blows to the head and was allegedly beaten repeatedly by five local police officers and a prisoner.

Arthur Thomas was twice wrongly convicted of the Crewe murders. His brother Des says he is determined to bring the police to account.

Three more Tongan police officers, including a senior inspector, have been charged with the manslaughter of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka.

Six men, including five Tongan police officers, have been freed on bail after being charged with the manslaughter of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka.

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha