Stories by Jonathan Mitchell

The problem of assault within the army is common across the battalions, according to data released to RNZ.

An elderly woman who was assaulted and robbed in her Levin home described one of the accused attackers as having "pure evil in her eyes".

A man who kidnapped and severed a woman's finger because of a drug debt in Wellington has been sent to prison.

Advocates for victims are accusing the Defence Force of a lack of commitment after it left a crucial sexual violence programme leaderless for years.

They can have sex and consent to their own medical care, but 16- and 17-year-olds can't vote. A group have taken their case to the High Court asking for that to change.

Attorney-General David Parker says there's been no decision yet on a possible appeal to the high court ruling that some of the country's alert level 4 lockdown was unlawful. Video

Child sex offender and murderer Phillip John Smith is accusing the government of unlawfully bringing him back to New Zealand after his audacious overseas escape.

Gripp's lawyer Mike Antunovic told the jury in closing statements today Gripp was protecting himself and his younger cousin.

The GST on a stolen iPhone could mean the difference between one year and up to seven years in jail for a man before the Court of Appeal.

Train drivers are pleading with the public to be more careful at railway lines to prevent near misses and deaths.

The government's giving the thumbs down to the idea of privately-run managed isolation facilities in the short-term.

Ngapaki Gripp is on trial for murder in the High Court at Wellington. He's charged over the death of Hone Pawa last May. Pawa died after being stabbed six times during a fight.

Hundreds more New Zealanders are rushing to sign up to the Army amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two new training centres have opened in Timor-Leste to help locals gain trade skills, as the country remembers a fallen New Zealand soldier.

A mother's long-running fight to get $200,000 compensation after her son was killed by police is a step closer.

Police shots that killed a man in Waitara two decades ago have again been criticised as an excessive use of force.

Abuse survivors are angry - but not surprised - that problems persist in the Defence Force's culture, even after four years of Operation Respect.

Steven Wallace, shot dead by police in 2000, was acting erratically and it would have been difficult for three officers to contain him, an officer who was first on the scene says.

The family of a man shot dead two decades ago is taking a civil case against the police in the High Court at Wellington.

New Zealanders handed in smoke grenades, a mortar bomb and even fireworks during the government's compulsory gun buyback scheme.

Communication errors have been exposed in the High Court case into events leading up to an expensive crash at Warbirds over Wanaka.

The head of airshow Warbirds over Wanaka has been grilled about why two mobile platforms were on a grass strip that caused significant damage to a vintage plane.

The Department of Conservation's plan to cull Himalayan tahr has been described as unlawful and unfair.

Māori, Pacific and Chinese New Zealanders are less likely than others to feel their values align with the criminal justice system, according to a survey out today.

Recordings of the moment a vintage plane crashed at Warbirds over Wanaka have been played in court as the pilot tries to recover costs.