Crime'You've got two options': Did letter demanding $1500 cross the line into blackmail?Suzanne Petitt's lawyer says it was just a request for compo for a stolen car.06 Oct 05:00 AM
New ZealandCouncil CEO resigns amid claims of a toxic environment; ERA finds both sides at faultFar North Council CEO Blair King said he felt 'isolated' and lodged a PG in 2022.06 Oct 03:00 AM
New ZealandWomen's secret marriage ends with a court battle over $1m house and luxury carThe court found a 50/50 spilt of their property would be 'repugnant to justice'.06 Oct 03:00 AM
Crime'Convict me': Cannabis advocate asks for jail timeBrian Borland told a jury they should find him guilty...so they did.05 Oct 02:00 AM
New ZealandCouple buy first home together at mortgagee sale – but the old owner wouldn't leaveThey spent $16,000 and four months evicting the previous owner who became a 'squatter'.04 Oct 11:00 PM
CrimeTipene Reddington's bracelet data undermines brother's murder accusationCrown: Ankle data suggests Tipene Reddington was at the house, not close to murder scene.04 Oct 07:00 AM
New ZealandManslaughter and meth: The man in the middle of two trialsThe man who shot an unarmed man he thought had come to kill him, can now be named.04 Oct 05:00 AM
New ZealandFormer St Peter’s teacher guilty of historical offending including naked piggyback ridesJudge Tini Clark: "Their silence does not mean they forgot".04 Oct 03:30 AM
New Zealand'Sorry': Much-loved family pet to be put down after repeat attacks on smaller dogs'It snuck up behind us and started attacking my dog' - owner of injured Shih Tzu-cross.03 Oct 04:10 PM
Crime‘I’ll stab you up:' Murder accused allegedly threatened flatmate a week earlierLance Hall allegedly stabbed father-of-two Jason McNae in the neck with some scissors.03 Oct 07:00 AM
New ZealandMan’s 8-month battle with 2 Cheap Cars for refund after faulty hybrid battery2 Cheap Cars has now admitted it didn't do the battery repairs it said it had.03 Oct 06:00 AM
CrimeScrewed up notes and shredded paper: The clues that lead a counterfeit cash op being bustedNow a judge has described one of the women involved as a menace to the community.02 Oct 07:00 AM
Crime'Do you want to die today?': CCTV shows moment of fatal Whangārei stabbingJason McNae died in the hospital. The defence claims it was self-defence.02 Oct 06:00 AM
CrimeMiscarriage of justice: Four quashed convictions in Fuller-Sandys murder caseThe Court of Appeal has however ordered a retrial for Stephen Stone.02 Oct 05:03 AM
New ZealandSchool principal forged documents to claim grandparents' super after they diedJudge: 'Had you done this right, you probably would have got the inheritance anyway.'01 Oct 04:00 PM
Crime'I wasn’t even there': Brother of murder accused denies being the killerJamie Gill was drinking with the siblings before his body was found in a paddock.01 Oct 07:03 AM
New ZealandRealtor made secret commission deal with buyer of $26.5m property, then didn't pay upNow he's been fined after netting $326,000 in a deal he hid from the vendor and his boss.01 Oct 06:00 AM
New ZealandWoman attacked sleeping friend for allegedly flirting with her boyfriendNatasha Birchfield dragged the victim out of bed by the hair, then bit her arm and eyelid.01 Oct 04:00 AM
New Zealand'Horrified and deeply ashamed': 67-year-old found with 8500 child abuse imagesHowever, the family man has been given suppression due to concerns he might self-harm.30 Sep 09:12 PM
Crime'Very sorry:' Father's tearful apology for son's terrifying assault on teen girlJarimar Schuster sent to prison for five years for Wellington sexual assault.30 Sep 06:00 AM
New ZealandWoman who thought she was cancer-free now terminal after radiologist missed clues on scanThe error came to light when she questioned how her cancer could have spread so quickly.30 Sep 01:00 AM
New Zealand'Unliveable': UK family say their dream of a better life here turned into tenancy nightmareThe family won $18,000 in damages at the Tenancy Tribunal. The landlord wants a rehearing.29 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandWoman's knife attack on ex-husband's new lover leads to prison and fight to stay in NZDonglan Wu is serving five years but has avoided deportation on humanitarian grounds.28 Sep 04:41 AM
New Zealand'Peer influence at work': Young driver contributed to teen's death by racing'There are two kids lying in the middle of the road,' a witness told police.27 Sep 10:30 PM
New Zealand'Waste of a life': Heartbroken mum's warnings after son's preventable deathSpeeding driver Raymond Tairua-Gray drowned after his unsafe car crashed into a creek.27 Sep 07:00 AM
CrimeDead man was missing bits of his ear. A piece found nearby had his friend's DNA on itDefence lawyer says there are other ways the alleged killer's DNA could have got there.27 Sep 06:00 AM
CrimeTragedy at Abbey Caves: 'We haven't been able to find your son'Court hears from grief-stricken parents as school board are sentenced for student's death.27 Sep 05:29 AM
CrimeChildren's abuse claims fail to convince jury in foster care caseIt was alleged the kids were slapped, spat at, hit with a pipe and one was run over.26 Sep 11:36 PM
Crime'I still hate you:' Dad jailed for subjecting sons to years of sadistic abuseJudge Bayley: 'No one is able to erase the ongoing harm you have caused your sons.'26 Sep 05:00 PM
CrimeBlood, flesh and a dinner plate: grisly forensic scene at Jamie Gill's deathThe 32-year-old victim grasped at the mud with his hands as he was dragged on his back.26 Sep 08:00 AM
CrimeI bargained with God to save my daughter after sexual assaultVictim's mum told judge who was sentencing Kurt Balemi that he was a 'danger to society'.26 Sep 07:10 AM
New ZealandOur daughter's future: Couple fight $1.7m property seizures linked to cannabis growPolice found $153,000 in cash in couple's wardrobe. Now they've lost two homes.26 Sep 07:00 AM
New ZealandRitchies driver left man who had fallen under bus lying unconscious on footpathThe driver was dismissed after failing to assist the injured man or report the incident.25 Sep 05:00 PM
CrimeMan allegedly confessed to killing, saying his brother 'didn’t have the balls' to finish the jobBut while their mother recalls son's aggression, she denies hearing an alleged confession.25 Sep 09:00 AM
