The 17-year-old got upset at recalling the grisly details of that day.

John Ihaka had meth and cannabis in his blood but avoided drugged driving convictions.

The teen admitted going into the bedroom armed with a knife, bottle, broom and torch.

Joshua Carnegie has been found guilty of head-butting a female guard at Kaitoke Prison.

The Crown say attack was retribution - defence counsel say the actions were out of fear.

Faded media personality gets community detention after latest drink driving incident.

A soldier who had to call the man who slept with his partner "sir" turned to drugs.

Judge reprimands accused over 'pathetic' paperwork after telling her to be quiet.

Fake signature and false phonecall were part of Qing Tian's deceit.

Greyhound owner annoyed at decision to stand dog down after she looked at a competitor.

Issue of age of consent in South America raised during proceedings.

The area suffered severe flooding in July last year.

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

Nurse buys petrol for private car on company credit card.

'Your behaviour was disgraceful,' judge tells Uber driver who groped two passengers.

She won't have an ankle bracelet, but she has strict bail conditions.

Sobbing professor escapes conviction for sending sexually explicit material to "minor".

I wish I had told my mum how much I loved her before she had passed.

The judge assessed the victim as being 'semi-comatose' when she was put to bed.

Elisabeth Buckley admitted she ordered dementia patients to be given unprescribed meds.

Whanganui lawyer Mark Bullock remains in ICU in Wellington Hospital after being attacked.

The 26-year-old woman made a brief appearance in court this morning.

A woman accused of beating her two-year-old to death will be extradited to Australia.

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

Man's childhood thefts of food and groceries escalated to aggravated robberies.

Sibling who took his brothers to court says he didn't think he would lose.

Mere Montgomery nee Meanata shares poems she wrote about her dad and his every day war,

If its assumption was correct, Edubase would have gotten at least triple the normal rate.

Child sex offender Shane Doull's claims of remorse did not sway a judge, who jailed him.

A banned trainer says she never wanted to hurt her horse and has let everyone down.