Court

One of two men charged following the death of Flaxmere man Darcy Strickland has pleaded guilty to his murder.

A new way to unjam the country's logjammed courts, the Backlog Project, has helped a bit - but ran into its own shortages, of staff, communications, targets and direction, even of police cells.

The High Court has found a judge "effectively teamed up" with the lawyers of an ex-husband in a post-separation court battle.

The jury in the Angela Blackmoore murder trial have retired to consider the fate of the two co-accused David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum.

Poor communication between police and paramedics has emerged as a key issue in the inquest into the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre on 15 March 2019.

Lawyers representing the engineer whose firm designed the CTV building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake say the complaint against Dr Alan Reay has no basis and should be dismissed.

Saira Patel told the Christchurch terror attack inquest that not being with her husband in his final moments still distresses her to this day.

A defence lawyer in the Angela Blackmoore murder trial has told jurors the Crown's key witness is a "liar" and a "pervert".

Crown prosecutors in the Angela Blackmoore murder trial have described evidence against the pair of co-accused as 'overwhelming'.

The call shows St John still believed only four or five people had been injured more than 20 minutes after first shooting began.

The man accused of stealing Te Whatu Ora Covid-19 data and using it to spread disinformation will stay behind bars after he was denied bail today.

A complaint against an engineer whose firm designed the CTV building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake will be before a disciplinary committee.

The accused, aged 33, entered no plea to a charge of murder by stabbing or cutting.

A year before Loafers Lodge fire victim Michael "Mike the Juggler" Wahrlich died, he was beaten for almost 20 minutes in his apartment by a man who wanted a cigarette.

Port of Auckland has been fined more than half a million dollars after pleading guilty to two charges over the death of stevedore Pala'amo Kalati, who was killed by a falling container in 2020.

A counter-terrorism expert says St John needed to have a plan and training for a terror attack because "you don't learn to dance the night of the ball".

Police believe Tauranga man Harley Shrimpton was a victim of foul play after he went missing. A man has been charged with kidnapping.

Former justice minister Kiri Allan says she has pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to accompany a police officer on the basis that she did not have access to a lawyer.

He stole the excavator from his father's building site before ploughing it into the BP service station.