A family have been awarded just over $18,000 in a Tenancy Tribunal decision after their landlords failed to maintain their rental property.

Her fiance is accused of strangling two other women during BDSM sex.

Then, two months later Passion Vailea viciously attacked a woman at the supermarket.

She's also accused of using racial slurs and talking about gangs and rape with students.

Police found the plants after seeing light coming from an area with no obvious entrance.

Judge says Edward Davis' remorse and regret 'may be aligned with apprehension'.

The second phase will hear from applicants interests in the Whangārei coastline.

Wan Yee Chow gunned down a gang enforcer outside an Auckland karaoke bar in 2005.

She said ‘breath play’ does happen in the BDSM community but is risky.

A doctor ruled out her shortness of breath and chest pain as being cardiac-related.

The men were caught after being pulled over for a routine breath test.

The dispute began over a sign the tenant had posted on her fence.

Woman abused as little girl confronts abuser in court.

He was wrong to think his actions would safeguard home from any claim by a future partner.

Police and Customs earlier seized 408kg of tobacco and 11,000 cigarettes.

She almost gave her child five times more liquid steroid than prescribed.

The mobsters were heard, and seen, barking and shouting as they walked up the driveway.

Clyde Rymer's abuse had been haunting the latest victim for 50 years.

Brad Flutey's court proceedings continue to stall after numerous delays.

The woman was discharged without conviction for serious misconduct.

Upset whānau could be heard in court where 10 people are on trial for murder.

Kevin Moore has been illegally occupying Māori land for more than a decade.

The court process destroyed their marriage and reputation - they want compensation.

Leuatea Iosefa stole $83,000 from a widow and used it to pay off his own debts.

Malcolm Herbert challenged the ERA's ruling but then made 'no attempt' to follow it up.

Now the man who killed Jackson French has been sentenced - and forgiven.

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

Two women who owned them are now banned from owning horses for five years.

The man is accused of choking two women he met on Tinder until they blacked out.

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when a fire took hold of her bedroom.