Stories by Edward Gay

Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu held her cousin as he bled to death after a Grey Lynn street fight. Less than three years later she faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a baby. Video

A couple at the centre of a website that allegedly sold completed assignments to students have settled with the Police Commissioner outside of court.

A diamante-encrusted horse head statue full of cocaine and a manhunt that went on for more than a year: Henry Anchondo's case has all the makings of a bad movie, Edward Gay writes.

A boat that washed up on a beach in Northland with 500kg of methamphetamine onboard led police to two siblings who, it argues, used coded and encrypted messages to hide a lucrative meth dealing…

A New Zealand teenager has been locked up in a Melbourne immigration detention centre - 12 to 13 hours drive from where his family live.

A man who fatally stabbed his father has been found not guilty of murder by a jury at the High Court in Auckland this afternoon.

The man who was stabbed by his son was a brutal and controlling bully, a High Court trial has heard.

Serial rapist Malcolm Rewa is seeking to avoid a third murder trial for the killing of Susan Burdett, who was found raped and bludgeoned to death in her South Auckland home in 1992.

Holding young people and adults together in immigration detention is "inhumane", an immigration lawyer says in light of a New Zealand teenager being held in these conditions.

A former Automobile Association worker has admitted taking bribes in exchange for drivers' licenses.

A man described as "New Zealand's first serial killer" for the murder of two prostitutes and a massage parlour owner has been granted parole.

A construction company could face a $3 million fine for misrepresenting seismic standards on materials it used.

The woman whose son is on trial for murdering her husband has described how her son cradled his dying father in his arms as he apologised for what he had done.

A lawyer for the man accused of murdering his father says the dead man lived the lifestyle of the Once Were Warriors character 'Jake the Muss'.

The notorious prisoner has been taken to hospital after being assaulted at the country's maximum security prison.

Serial rapist Malcolm Rewa will face a third trial for the murder of Susan Burdett.

The identity of a secret prison informant who gave evidence at David Tamihere's 1990 murder trial can now be revealed.

The man who poisoned nine of his colleagues with a cannabis-spiked Christmas cake will seek a sentence of home detention.

The self-styled jailhouse lawyer Arthur Taylor has won the right to name another prison informant in the David Tamihere trial.

The Crown says DNA belonging to a member of New Zealand's embassy staff in Washington DC was found inside a camera installed in a toilet.

The Auckland man extradited to Australia to face a murder charge in a cold-case can be named for the first time.

The lawyer for an 18 year-old who has admitted kidnapping an 11 day-old baby says her client believed she was taking the child for a friend who had put it up for adoption.

The first person to go on trial in New Zealand for insider trading sold his shares in a company after getting a tip-off from an employee, the High Court has heard.

The Brazilian embassy is telling drug mules they will be deported from New Zealand after serving just two to three years in prison, a lawyer says.

A Hamilton-based aircraft company that has admitted breaching UN sanctions by exporting replacement parts to North Korea will have to wait to learn how much it has been fined.