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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow cleared in ski-crash trial
A jury in Utah has found Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow was not responsible for injuries sustained by a man during a ski slope collision at an upscale Park City resort in 2016.
Gloriavale court case hears final arguments
A court has heard Gloriavale women were entrapped, enslaved and lived in servitude at the Christian community, on the final day of a long-running employment case.
Chief Employment Court judge… Audio
Gloriavale women trapped in 'misogynist' community, Employment Court hears
Gloriavale women were entrapped, enslaved and lived in servitude at the "misogynist" Christian community, the Employment Court has heard.
Courts not ruling out mass data storage in Australia
It comes under a new strategy led by the judiciary to take the justice system fully digital.
Employment Court hears closing submissions in 'precedent-setting' Gloriavale case
Gloriavale's communal religious society is not a sham and there is no capitalist labour market hidden within the Christian community, the Employment Court has heard.
Strategy outlines overhaul of courts' paper-based system
Courts aim to adopt digital systems en masse for the first time to handle their huge amounts of records and files.
Govt grants oil and gas exploration permit after earlier declining it
The government has granted an offshore oil and gas exploration permit after being forced to reconsider its earlier decision to decline it.
High Court to release judgment for families of Pike River disaster
The Pike River families are expected to be allowed access to documents showing why health and safety charges against former chief executive Peter Whittall were dropped, and a compensation payment was… Audio
High Court denies rainbow communities bid against Posie Parker
The High Court has ruled against the rainbow communities' bid to stop British anti-transgender activist Posie Parker into country.
The High Court has decided that the government's decision to let… Audio
Woop paid its French student interns only half of the hours they were working
The company has been ordered to pay $43,000 for paying student interns for only half of the time they worked.
Bongs, meth and fireworks: The bizarre list of courthouse confiscations
Credit card knives, bongs, counterfeit cash and fireworks are among the hundreds of items seized at the doors of our courthouses over the last year.
Crown law considered contempt prosecution for Stuart Nash
Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash is under fire - again - after Crown Law confirmed it once considered prosecuting him for contempt of court.
Nash resigned as Police Minister this week for criticising a… Audio
Crown admits error in enforcing Covid-19 vaccine mandate on family carers
A group of care and support workers have successfully sued the government in the High Court over the vaccine mandate.
Bail hearing for former Fiji prime minister
Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and the suspended Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho have pled not guilty to abuse of office charges.
They appeared in court this… Audio
Former Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama in police custody
Former Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama spent last night in police custody in Suva after being arrested and charged with abuse of office.
He is due to appear in court today.
RNZ Pacific… Audio
Whangarei had caused unease for some time - lawyer
A leading Northland lawyer says she and other collegues have been uneasy about their safety at the Whangārei courthouse for some time.
A family lawyer is in hospital with serious injuries after… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Prosecutors widen investigations into forestry slash
Gisborne council has already successfully prosecuted five forestry companies for slash damage in storms. Now it is extending its investigations in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Man who nearly committed terror attack sentenced
A young man, who came close to launching a violent attack on non-Muslims in Auckland has been sentenced to another two-and-a-half years in jail
The man, who has interim name suppression, has been in… Audio
Howard Temple: 'Accusations have been made against us about slave labour'
Police are investigating allegations of forced labour, slavery and servitude at the Gloriavale Christian community, the Employment Court has heard.
'I do not want them to leave the community and go to the outside' - Gloriavale leader
Gloriavale's Overseeing Shepherd has rejected assertions the leaders impose their faith in God on the Christian community's children through isolation and ignorance.
