Crime

While the judge declined permanent name suppression, the offender still cannot be named after indicating plans to appeal.

Health NZ is scrambling to bring in new ways to cope with people in mental health distress from Monday.

Australian-based Jack Biddle sent his adult children to New Zealand to evict tenants from his rental property without warning.

Police are appealing for information after a motorist in Hamilton grabbed a girl's arm.

An analysis of Asia Pacific Group's bank accounts showed that more than $800,000 had been diverted for the woman's personal use.

A woman charged over the stabbing of a taxi driver in Christchurch last month has pleaded guilty.

Police have arrested one person in relation to an assault on a young girl at a park in Manukau last week.

Fine not a deterrence - Crown

The former eye surgeon, who was acquitted of murdering his wife, could face time in prison for drug possession. Audio

The 23-year-old woman was arrested at Sydney Airport after border officials found 52 packages in her luggage labelled as Chinese tea, which turned out to be methamphetamine.

Police are investigating the death of Wayne Tamahori Dewes, who was taken from a Gisborne house to hospital with severe injuries but later died.

Police say three of the four events involved a gun being fired at a house - two in Flaxmere and one in Tamatea.

Una Jagose was involved in throwing everything at legal efforts to stop victims of state abuse winning their cases. Now some prominent victims don't trust her to lead the government's legal response.

Former funeral director Fiona Bakulich is the woman charged with misconduct relating to burials at the city's largest cemetery.

FoneMate owner Hank Zheng says a customer attacked him in front of his wife and baby when asked for proof of purchase on a faulty phone.

A gang member and another person have been arrested after an incident involving a home-made gun, police say.

Officers have found more than 3000 cannabis plants in a series of raids on organised crime targets in Auckland.

He captained the Sevens side and was a health board official. Now, he's been sentenced for illegally onselling guns.