Court

The Crown's key clinical witness in the Lauren Dickason murder trial admits he overlooked adding the mother's thoughts of harming the children into his report.

A jury has heard how Lauren Dickason told a psychiatrist that killing her three children was "part of a package deal".

Lauren Dickason relied on her husband to help manage her depression and anxiety, the High Court at Christchurch has heard. Audio

A risk management expert has told a court it was not safe to operate any tours on Whakaari White Island - but the fact it is the country's most active volcano was used as a selling point.

A man is due in court today after allegedly assaulting a woman, and then smashing his way into the Paihia Police Station using a brick.

Te Tii Waitangi Marae's board has accepted the judge's decision and insists "the future is bright".

A man who invested $10 million in a Wānaka hotel has gone to court to find out where his money went.

After Auckland's CBD shooting the knives were out for home detention sentences – but is it the justice system we should be pointing at, or is the problem more deeply-rooted?  

A forensic psychiatrist has told the High Court that Lauren Dickason was horrified by vivid visions of harming her children the month before she killed them.

White Island Tours told a court it paid $500,000 a year for access to Whakaari - and helicopter companies also paid to conduct tours on the island.

A court has been told there is no question Lauren Dickason was severely mentally unwell on the night she killed her three children and did it out of love.

Should the media be self-censoring its court reporting of the Dickason triple murder trial as the gory details unfold? 

The Auckland media identity whose name was secret years before his identity was revealed when he was jailed in May for money laundering is appealing his prison sentence.