Anneke Smith

The 26-year-old man charged with the murder of English backpacker Grace Millane has been denied name suppression but keeps name secret on appeal.

An Auckland woman who pimped out a 14-year-old has been jailed for two and a half years.

The jury in the trial of a sports coach accused of sexually abusing a female athlete has seen sexually explicit text messages the pair exchanged.

A sports coach accused of sexually abusing one of his athletes is standing trial in the Auckland District Court.

Nationwide strike action at courts throughout the country has come to a halt this afternoon after a bargaining deadlock was broken.

Before sentencing today, serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson handed the court a letter which details his time in prison, apologises for his past and asks for mercy of the court. Read the letter here.

A High Court jury has taken less than an hour to find Rohit Singh guilty of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand.

A Crown prosecutor in the trial of the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has told the jury the right man is in the dock.

Rohit Singh told the jury today he and Arishma Chand were secretly seeing one another when she was killed.

Auckland Council has voted to delay a decision about shifting speedway from Western Springs.

A West Auckland shooting was recorded on a smart phone app the shooter secretly installed on his girlfriend's phone.

The mother of a teenager who died after being attacked in Auckland's CBD earlier this year has asked people to be kind and look out for one another.

The man charged over the death of an 18-year-old who died after being assaulted in Auckland's CBD has pleaded guilty.

Ongoing strike action throughout the country's courts may result in a miscarriage of justice, says the Chief District Court Judge.

The parents of an Auckland woman killed in their family home last year has told a jury about finding their daughter in a pool of blood.

Court staff walked off the job today as part of nationwide strike action over pay.

A former church leader jailed for indecently assaulting a young girl in 2012 has been sentenced again after another victim came forward - and there could be five more out there.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has heard he told a friend he'd kill her and her ex-husband.

A court has been told the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand was an "easy target" for the police.

The man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand has been painted as an obsessed ex-boyfriend whose relentless infatuation drove him to kill her.

A Hamilton woman who defrauded a casino and school of nearly $3 million has successfully appealed her sentence.

Alosio Taimo, the Auckland rugby coach on trial for sexually abusing boys, has been found guilty of most of the 106 charges laid against him.

The jury in the trial of a rugby coach accused of sexually abusing boys has retired to deliberate its verdicts.

Stewart Murray Wilson, the serial rapist infamously known as the 'Beast of Blenheim', has been found guilty of more rapes.

A jury in the trial of a man accused of raping three women and a child four decades ago has retired to deliberate its verdicts.