New ZealandAggravated robber given another chance to avoid jailArama Peke-Meihana was sentenced in the Whanganui District Court today.28 Mar 03:50 AM
New ZealandCyclist's collision with truck exposes driver's logbook breachesTruck driver's logbook breaches uncovered after fatal collision with cyclist.28 Mar 01:00 AM
New ZealandMob captain loses appeal against sentence for attack on Waimarama manTerrance Jordan Berryman loses his appeal against jail sentence after "cowardly" attack.28 Mar 12:08 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSasha BorissenkoNearly 80 per cent of complaints against lawyers not upheld, report revealsThe Law Society is working on way to improve the timeliness of its complaints' process.27 Mar 02:00 AM
New ZealandDrink driver who ran over and killed friend sentenced to home detentionVictim was dragged along a Waihī street after being accidentally run over by his friend.25 Mar 06:00 PM
New Zealand'I'm sorry': Zac Guildford on hurting people, what he did with the money, and ADHD diagnosis'I know deep down in the core I'm a good person.'25 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandGovt appeals High Court decision on NZDF, police vaccine mandatesThe February decision determined that vaccine mandates were "not demonstrably justified".25 Mar 05:02 AM
New ZealandPolitical figure seeks further bid to keep suppression in former rich-lister's caseThe ongoing legal battle centres around the crimes of a wealthy businessman.25 Mar 04:27 AM
New Zealand'A boy battling his past': Waikato methamphetamine manufacturer pens poem to judgeAlan McQuade had a traumatic childhood, which led him down a destructive path.25 Mar 12:28 AM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Heaping injustice with best intentionsOPINION: Our editorial on the Criminal Cases Review Commission.22 Mar 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Elusive': The mystery of car crash that killed rising teen sports starCoroner releases findings into crash that killed teen equestrian star Kate Gutry.21 Mar 09:00 PM
New ZealandMiscarriage of Justice: Nearly 300 applications for review but none completed"As the famous dictum put it, justice delayed is justice denied" - Chris Penk.20 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldFiring-squad death penalty executions now possible in South Carolina"The death penalty is going to stay ... If we're going to have it, it ought to be humane."19 Mar 01:40 AM
New Zealand'Indefensible': Top sportsman involved in 'cowardly' pack attack on manCries of help did not stop the "cowardly" pack attack of six against one.18 Mar 10:28 PM
New Zealand'My career got destroyed': The young women, a film industry boss - and a fight for justiceWayne McCormack's influence in the NZ film industry endures even after assaulting staff.18 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandInmates who shanked prisoner sentenced to more jail timeThe attack only stopped once prison officers intervened.18 Mar 01:29 AM
New ZealandFive homicides 'absolutely avoidable', a total system failureFive homicides by five mentally-ill people have been the subjects of extensive inquests.17 Mar 11:00 PM
New ZealandJudge accepts boys' evidence of years of beatings by stepmumThe two teenage boys were "compelling witnesses", a Christchurch judge found.17 Mar 10:28 PM
New ZealandCar wreck hoarder who 'couldn't stop' amassed 800 vehiclesRoger Dunnage collected up to 800 vehicles by late last year when neighbours complained.17 Mar 05:41 PM
New ZealandRaising the bar: The drive to get more Pasifika people into law schoolPasifika lawyers mistaken for defendants, or told they won't make it through law school.17 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandVictim remains hypersensitive after suffering years of abuseMM spent most of his life in jail after years of physical and sexual abuse in state care.16 Mar 04:00 AM
New Zealand'Depraved' businessman who filmed himself raping child appeals sentenceA man jailed for raping a little girl is also continuing his name suppression fight.14 Mar 10:42 PM
PremiumPremiumInvestmentFailed food outlets pocketed $1m in Covid wage subsidies, didn't pay taxesTaxpayers are in the gun twice: first for the wage subsidies, then for the unpaid taxes.14 Mar 10:00 PM
New ZealandWoman found guilty of murdering partner - her previous crime now revealedJury in Christchurch compost heap murder case returns verdict - Rena Joyce guilty.14 Mar 04:50 PM
New ZealandChildren turned into gang members by statePaora Sweeney and Wiremu Waikari suffered appalling abuse at the hands of state carers.14 Mar 04:45 AM
New ZealandJury sent to deliberate in Rena Joyce 'body in the garden' murder trial at Christchurch High CourtThe jury in the Rena Joyce murder trial has been sent to deliberate their verdict.12 Mar 09:39 PM
New Zealand'Caught between his two parents': Judge orders 11-year-old to get vaccinated against CovidHis parents warred over whether their son should get the jab, so the judge chose for them.11 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandRape victim moved to act after hearing man abused anotherTwo victims, 20 years apart, speak out about rapist and sex abuser Robin Hermansen.11 Mar 03:09 AM
New ZealandTeen called taxi to move between her robberies, got pregnant 'on the run'Saffron Tina Jules Mokotupu jailed for 2yrs 9mths but could get out in time to give birth.11 Mar 02:55 AM
New ZealandMan with gang links jailed for aggravated robberyMan says he has cut gang links, but Corrections disagreed in its pre-sentence report.11 Mar 12:09 AM
New ZealandRena Joyce denies 'callous' murder of partner, gives evidence at own trialThe woman accused of murdering her partner, burying him in compost takes stand at trial.11 Mar 12:00 AM
New ZealandMurder-accused Rena Joyce will take the stand at trialThe trial for Rena Joyce, charged with murdering her partner, continues in Christchurch.10 Mar 10:59 PM
New Zealand'Aunty I've done something really, really bad' - Nomads prospect jailedNomads prospect stabbed a rival gang member in the face 15 times with a pair of scissors.10 Mar 04:00 PM
New Zealand'He's by the birdbath': Murder-accused's confession interview played to juryA jury in the Rena Joyce murder trial has seen a video of her police interview, confession10 Mar 04:00 AM
