Court

A jury found Damin Peter Cook was not asleep when he raped an unconscious woman at his Christchurch flat.

A young man who murdered his father and brother in the middle of the night has been convicted of possessing objectionable material relating to torture and extreme violence at the time of the killings.

The mum and stepfather of Olivia Podmore say Cycling New Zealand and High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) chose medals over the welfare of their daughter. Audio

A man tried arguing a family emergency was the reason he chose to drunk drive, but a judge was not buying it.

Whorrall died after being attacked at an Auckland bus stop over Easter.

A Whangārei hapū is celebrating the end of a controversial development on land they consider tapu, or sacred after the developer dropped their appeal.

In 2023, Oliver Watson claimed his cousin helped the Beckenridges escape. Audio

Both men, aged 18 and 19, have been charged with illegal gun possession.

Three former NZ employees of electronics giant LG have pleaded guilty to obstructing a Commerce Commission investigation into anti-competitive supply and pricing of television.

The inquest into the death of the young athlete came to an emotional conclusion as her family addressed the court.

Iwi leader Mike Smith is hailing the High Court's refusal to expand his "internationally significant" case against big New Zealand polluters to thousands of other companies as a victory.

Four vehicles, including three police cars, were rammed during the incident in Lower Hutt.

A coronial hearing will hear from a witness claiming John Beckenridge and his stepson Mike were helped to escape after they disappeared in Southland a decade ago.

Daniel Takimoana has been sentenced after he threatened to "waste" police during an SPCA dog seizure.

While those opposed to his reinstatement have accepted it, they called for Xi Chen to apologise.

A woman was cut on the face and thought she would die as she tried to force a knife-wielding burglar out of her home.

A former successful farmer who ran a $4 million rural property is now homeless and "night-crawling" after his life became upended by addiction.

Mona Nygaard said she had no words to describe what she had been through and the resilience it had taken to fight.