Tracy Neal

Nathan Brian Teraki was said to be fatigued and taking "poor man's meth" tablets when he killed a mine worker in the head-on collision.

A man broke into his ex-partner's home late one night, poured petrol on furniture in the downstairs lounge then set it alight.

The son of one farmer said his father "could have died a thousand times in other ways".

A mother now on her 13th conviction for driving while banned, including while she had children in the car, has been sent to prison.

A woman is charged with mistreating her child while the child was getting medical care.

The Nelson trial is examining whether the child's illness during treatment was the result of gaps in complex care or deliberate actions.

The mother of the child has pleaded not guilty to four charges of ill-treatment of a child and three charges of infecting with disease.

The mistreatment was alleged to have required hospital and medical treatment over a 19-month period.

Jack Hennessy duped pensioners out of $337,000 by posing as a police courier.

The senior teacher got confidential information about a protected person from the school computer.

Karen Tilyard is relieved to have got her $32,000 back for the V8 Holden Commodore she bought from an Auckland second-hand dealer last year.

The owners of a company facing a downturn in business tried to trim costs by cutting staff hours and ordering a staff member to another site.

The family of a hop grower killed during a storm say his life's work remains rooted in the land.

Corey Innocente barricaded himself in his flat and threatened to kill people and the police. In his frustration, he fired a crossbow arrow into the street.

The woman, in her mid-20s, said she fainted and remained unconscious for about 15 minutes, and suffered other severe symptoms.

The victim said the stabbing felt like he had been "whipped with a piece of string".

Some young people say their Family Court experiences reveal a system that fails to hear and protect them. Audio

In the early hours of 21 June 2022, while working on board a Sealord vessel near the Chatham Islands, a 47-year-old fisherman died "undignified and alone".

Joshua Spooner took to social media with a picture of a seafood in a chiller bag and the words "30 each, big ones 50″.

The wily feline was among animals released by an animal loving intruder who broke into the SPCA in Nelson in February this year.

Marie Hearn shot eight rounds into two cars owned by her colleague.

According to experts, there was no indication Robert Wayne Clifford even braked before ploughing into the back of a van, killing Kaiea Taubakoa.

The doctor also wrongly told her no abortion services operated in Level 4 lockdown.

The pad was found six weeks after the birth by a GP, who removed what smelled "like a dead body".

A man was left permanently injured, after a drug deal went wrong and he was stuck in his car with a knife-wielding attacker.