Stories by Anneke Smith

The trial of the man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane begins today in the High Court at Auckland.

A businessman has been jailed for spending investors' money on funding an extravagant lifestyle.

The mother of a psychiatric patient who died in a Samoan prison is shocked the Auckland DHB hasn't adopted a coronial recommendation to improve its services.

A teenager who tried to stab his ex-girlfriend to death in Auckland's CBD has been jailed for six years.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says he has sympathy for Hans Dalton's whānau but can't do anything for them.

A man accused of assaulting former New Zealander of the Year Dr Lance O'Sullivan will go to trial next year.

A man who acted as a lookout while a teenager tried to rob a dairy with a knife in Auckland has been jailed for 14 years. Warning: Graphic image.

The mother of a psychiatric patient who died in a Samoan prison is turning to the government for help one last time.

The widow of a young Auckland father hit and killed by an Uber driver has told the man responsible she doesn't hate him.

Two people have been found guilty of murdering and torturing an Auckland teenager whose body was found in a drum at an abandoned house last year.

The Crown has closed its case against a pair accused of what it calls the "barbaric" torture and murder of an Auckland teenager.

Arthur Brown was shot dead outside a block of shops in Māngere in the early hours of 10 March.

A woman accused of murdering Dimetrius Pairama told police she loved the Auckland teenager and tried to save her.

The convicted Czech drug smuggler appeared before the Parole Board in his third bid for an early release from prison.

The identity of a well-known entertainer who assaulted his wife remains a secret for now, though a judge has declined permanent name suppression.

A teenager has been accused of lying to protect herself during the trial for Toko Shane Winter and Kerry Te Amo, who are accused of murdering 17-year-old Dimetrius Pairama.

The trial of the accused Christchurch mosque gunman has been delayed by a month because it's initial start date clashed with Islam's holy month of Ramadan.

A woman sexually assaulted by a Marist brother as a young girl has told a court it destroyed her life.

A court has heard an Auckland teenager may have refused help from the police shortly before the Crown says she was murdered.

A court has heard an Auckland teenager was "too scared" to run from a house the Crown says she was beaten, tortured and murdered in.

An Auckland teenager was tortured and beaten before being given a choice of how she wanted to die, a court has heard.

Aaron Archer is found guilty of manslaughter after almost two days of jury deliberations.

Jury deliberations have begun in the trial of a man accused of murdering his former girlfriend's daughter Ariah Roberts.

The mother of a Mangawhai toddler at the centre of a murder trial has been accused of lying on the stand.