Stories by Anneke Smith

The car involved in a crash with a bus in Auckland today was speeding and crossed the centre line, police say.

A University of Waikato researcher is proposing new "degrees of murder" which she says will make the criminal justice system more fair.

A group of Auckland workers who returned from their summer holidays to find they were jobless say their livelihoods have been destroyed.

With just one breeding pair left at Curio Bay, a trust protecting yellow-eyed penguins - one of the world's rarest penguin species - says its local population is at crisis point.

A chopper pilot who had a close encounter with a drone in Auckland's CBD on New Year's Eve says its operator was playing with people's lives.

The number of NZ Post buggy crashes tripled last year, with almost 250 reported incidents, including two that led to serious injuries.

A convicted child sex offender who cut off his bracelet before going on the run for three weeks has been sent back to jail.

An Auckland woman who carried $3.5 million in cash in suitcases in the country's biggest known methamphetamine operation has been jailed for 14 and a half years.

The brother of an Auckland man found dead in a Samoan prison has made a plea to its government to help his family find justice.

The teenager charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in central Auckland will go to trial next month.

An Auckland man found dead in a water drum in a Samoan prison may have been forced into it, a court has heard. Video

The 26-year-old man charged with the murder of English backpacker Grace Millane has been denied name suppression but keeps name secret on appeal.

An Auckland woman who pimped out a 14-year-old has been jailed for two and a half years.

The jury in the trial of a sports coach accused of sexually abusing a female athlete has seen sexually explicit text messages the pair exchanged.

A sports coach accused of sexually abusing one of his athletes is standing trial in the Auckland District Court.

Nationwide strike action at courts throughout the country has come to a halt this afternoon after a bargaining deadlock was broken.

Before sentencing today, serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson handed the court a letter which details his time in prison, apologises for his past and asks for mercy of the court. Read the letter here.

A High Court jury has taken less than an hour to find Rohit Singh guilty of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand.

A Crown prosecutor in the trial of the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has told the jury the right man is in the dock.

Rohit Singh told the jury today he and Arishma Chand were secretly seeing one another when she was killed.

Auckland Council has voted to delay a decision about shifting speedway from Western Springs.

A West Auckland shooting was recorded on a smart phone app the shooter secretly installed on his girlfriend's phone.

The mother of a teenager who died after being attacked in Auckland's CBD earlier this year has asked people to be kind and look out for one another.

The man charged over the death of an 18-year-old who died after being assaulted in Auckland's CBD has pleaded guilty.

Ongoing strike action throughout the country's courts may result in a miscarriage of justice, says the Chief District Court Judge.