Stories by Anneke Smith

A woman stabbed her abusive partner before saying "I just murdered somebody" within earshot of police, a court has been told.

A man has pleaded guilty to killing a man through an assault in South Auckland last year.

The man who murdered Grace Millane has been ordered to pay his landlord more than $5000 for damages to his apartment and unpaid rent.

The convicted drug smuggler has been refused parole, despite saying he "will not waste the chance to start over again".

An Auckland businessman charged with breaching name suppression in relation to the Grace Millane case has kept his own name secret.

It's a time of 'shell-ebration' for one Waikato couple who have been reunited with a long-lost turtle that disappeared seven years ago.

The family of a man who died in a Samoan prison will not meet the country's Attorney-General after he postponed a trip to New Zealand.

An Auckland lawyer swept up in April's Comanchero gang raids has lost name suppression.

Four Auckland pharmacies have been fined a total of $28,000 for paying some employees less than the minimum wage.

The serial rapist dubbed the Beast of Blenheim has failed in his latest challenge to his convictions and sentence.

It took a jury five hours to decide the man accused of murdering Grace Millane was guilty.

The man on trial over the death of British backpacker Grace Millane has been found guilty of murder. Video

The jury has indicated it is not far from a verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering Grace Millane.

The defence has closed its case for the man accused of murdering Grace Millane, asking the jury to deliver a not guilty verdict.

The Crown has closed its case against the man accused of murdering Grace Millane, telling the jury the defendant "eroticised" the death of the British backpacker.

The defence team representing the man accused of murdering Grace Millane hired a private investigator to track down potential witnesses for its case.

The defence team representing the man accused of murdering Grace Millane has called an academic to speak about sexual culture.

A forensic pathologist based in Florida has disputed a Crown expert's opinion on bruising to Grace Millane's body.

Friends of Grace Millane told police the British backpacker had an interest in being choked during rough sex, a court has heard.

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane will not take the witness stand in his own defence but has elected to call evidence.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Grace Millane is to find out if he will give evidence in his own defence next week, after the Crown's case retired yesterday.

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane told police he confessed about burying the British backpacker so her family could have closure.

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane admitted to police in his second interview the British backpacker was dead and that he had taken her body to the Waitākere Ranges.

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane told a Tinder date he knew of someone who'd been done for manslaughter after rough sex went wrong, a court has heard.

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane bought cleaning products, hired a rental car and met a woman for a drink at a bar as the British backpacker lay dead in his apartment.