Stories by Anneke Smith

The Crown says a police officer accused of raping his colleague lied to his boss, washed himself and destroyed evidence to cover up the crime.

Myron Felise was jailed for killing 18-year-old Eli Holtz after the teen fired a water pistol at him. He appealed his sentence, arguing PTSD and a deprived background.

The jury in the trial of a police officer accused of raping his colleague has heard the man called a lawyer he knew shortly after the alleged assault.

Coronial services have come under strain in recent years as deaths and caseloads have steadily increased.

The jury in the trial of a police officer accused of raping his colleague has now heard a third version of what happened that night.

A police colleague of a woman who says another officer raped her has described both parties' accounts of that night.

A British national arrested after a 200kg methamphetamine haul in central Auckland has pleaded guilty.

A defence lawyer has suggested a rape accuser was embarrassed after "hooking up" with her colleague - a policeman - and would rather label him a rapist than face up to cheating.

A policewoman who says she was raped by a colleague has been accused of lying by her alleged attacker's lawyer.

A policewoman has told a jury in the rape trial of another officer that, with other police in the motel at the time, she should have been safe from sexual assault.

The jury in the trial of a police officer accused of raping his colleague has watched CCTV footage of the night that shows a senior sergeant exposing himself during a night of drinking.

A female police officer has described waking up in pain as her colleague raped her in a Northland motel.

A police officer has gone on trial accused of raping a female colleague in Northland.

The disgraced Masala Indian restaurant boss and a former accountant and business associate have been sentenced for tax evasion and money laundering.

The Crown has sought to charge an Auckland man with terrorism in what would be the second case in New Zealand history.

A West Auckland man who killed his mother with a hammer has been found guilty of murdering her.

Four men facing Serious Fraud Office charges over donations made to the National Party - including MP Jami-Lee Ross - have pleaded not guilty at their first court appearance.

A man who targeted an Asian family in a road rage rampage received a "manifestly inadequate" jail term, Crown law has argued.

The detective in charge of the investigation into Grace Millane's murder says the so-called "rough sex defence" used in the trial repeatedly victimised her family.

The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane will spend at least 17 years behind bars.

The details of Grace Millane's death have been turned over and over, but RNZ journalist Anneke Smith reports that her life was about family, friends and travel.

The man found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane is being sentenced today.

A West Auckland man who attacked his unwell mother says he wasn't thinking when he picked up the hammer that killed her.

The jury in the trial of a West Auckland man accused of murdering his mother has heard she died of blunt force trauma.

Martin Marinovich cared for his mother since he was nine. Shortly before he attacked her, he told a family friend he couldn't cope any more.