Stories by Anneke Smith

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

The parents of an Auckland woman killed in their family home last year has told a jury about finding their daughter in a pool of blood.

Court staff walked off the job today as part of nationwide strike action over pay.

A former church leader jailed for indecently assaulting a young girl in 2012 has been sentenced again after another victim came forward - and there could be five more out there.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has heard he told a friend he'd kill her and her ex-husband.

A court has been told the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand was an "easy target" for the police.

The man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has been painted as an obsessed ex-boyfriend whose relentless infatuation drove him to kill her.

A Hamilton woman who defrauded a casino and school of nearly $3 million has successfully appealed her sentence.

Alosio Taimo, the Auckland rugby coach on trial for sexually abusing boys, has been found guilty of most of the 106 charges laid against him.

The jury in the trial of a rugby coach accused of sexually abusing boys has retired to deliberate its verdicts.

Stewart Murray Wilson, the serial rapist infamously known as the 'Beast of Blenheim', has been found guilty of more rapes.

A jury in the trial of a man accused of raping three women and a child four decades ago has retired to deliberate its verdicts.

Māori, Pacifica and Indian premature babies are less likely to recieve resuscitation attempts than babies of other ethnicities, a national report has found.

A solo mother now works two jobs to keep on top of her debt, with only one day off every two weeks.

It is that time of year again when thousands of school children are signed up to holiday programmes.

The government plans to crack down on its procurement in the construction industry in a bid to get rid of a culture of price undercutting. Audio

A mother-of-two says she had no choice but to return her sick baby to her 'swamp house' after she was discharged from hospital.

The strip-searches of two high-profile prisoners at an Auckland prison was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

Students living in university accommodation in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin are having their say about mental health care.

An Auckland woman says she will never buy Fonterra products again after finding 11 steel ball bearings in a tub of ice cream.

A tenant whose landlord was forced to fix an ankle-deep swamp under their Auckland rental says her baby is still getting sick.

The first New Zealander to go on trial for insider trading is claiming the company's poor performance was the reason he sold off nearly half his shares before the price dropped.

An Auckland Council staffer at the helm of its new pest management strategy has received death threats.

Auckland motorists have expressed mixed emotions about forking out more than $13 million in the first month of the new Regional Fuel Tax.

A University of Otago study has found New Zealand's elderly are overmedicated and suffering early injury and death.