Stories by Anneke Smith

The defence has called it's own expert witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Mangawhai toddler.

The mother of a Mangawhai toddler at the centre of a murder trial has described finding her "miracle child" limp and unconscious.

A neuropathologist has told a jury a Northland toddler died of a "catastrophic" head injury so severe the young girl could never have survived it.

The Eastern European nation's ambassador has vowed authorities will bring before the courts anyone distributing the accused Christchurch gunman's manifesto.

A jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Mangawhai toddler has been told the girl isn't the first child her mother has lost.

The accused Christchurch gunman's manifesto is being republished in paperback and sold through an instant messaging app.

A jury has heard a man accused of murdering a toddler told his neighbour he accidentally dropped the girl.

A jury has been selected in the trial of a man accused of murdering a toddler in Northland last year.

The trial next year of the accused Christchurch mosque gunman may be pushed back by a month, the High Court at Christchurch has been told.

The accused Christchurch gunman's case will be called in court today but he won't be in attendance.

A man accused of murdering a woman in suburban west Auckland last month has kept his name secret - for now.

A coroner has been unable to determine how New Zealand psychiatric patient Hans Dalton came to drown in a Samoan prison six and a half years ago.

Two cousins have been jailed for their roles in an execution-style murder linked to the Comancheros in Māngere.

A high-profile sportsman who allegedly helped finance an international drug syndicate has lost a second attempt to keep his identity secret.

The Solicitor General has challenged the finite jail term imposed on an Auckland rugby coach who abused young boys over three decades.

Arishma Chand's murderer has challenged his sentence in the Court of Appeal, arguing his minimum 19-year jail term is too harsh.

The police are reporting a sharp drop in dairy robberies after the government dished out more than $2 million for extra security measures.

A man accused of being a lookout for a violent dairy robbery in Auckland last year has been found guilty.

A policeman accused of sexually assaulting a fellow officer has kept his identity secret - for now.

Further charges have been laid against a man accused of stabbing a woman and hitting two others with a car in Māngere last month.

A Comancheros gang member who murdered a young father and tried to murder the man's wife in Māngere last year has been jailed for life.

The judge has reserved his decision in the trial of a man accused of being a lookout in a violent dairy robbery in Auckland last year.

A man who targeted an Asian family in a road rampage near Auckland last year has been jailed for two years and six months.

A man accused of being a lookout in a violent dairy robbery in Auckland has insisted he never played a role in it.

A secret witness in the trial of a man accused of being a lookout in a violent dairy robbery has told a court he overheard the crime being planned.