Crime

And a second man has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

Brett Andrew Button is now facing 89 charges in relation to the Australian crash that killed 10 wedding guests in June 2023.

The guilty plea will result in "multiple concurrent life sentences plus additional consecutive sentences totaling 190 years imprisonment," according to court filings.

In Block 19, Plot 331 at Christchurch's Ruru Lawn Cemetery, a nondescript plaque marks the burial site of Alfred Anderson - a man who was brutally murdered.

The head of the Independent Electoral Review panel says a ban on voting for prisoners is inherently unfair. Audio

The mother cried silently in the dock as she pleaded guilty to infanticide after suffering from a severe depressive episode.

A person had been creeping for 40 minutes when a Rotorua mum received a terrifying call.

The 21-year-old is accused of shooting numerous people, including a child on a rubbish pick-up trip.

Josef Fritzl, 88, held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.

Mackenzie is alleged to have encouraged members of his Good News International Church to move to a remote forest in Shakahola and prepare for the end of the world.

"There isn't a place where they can go" for people to seek help, a Fiji anti-drug advocate says, as police continue "initial stage of the investigation" into meth seizure. Audio

Two British brothers have admitted raiding a museum in Switzerland and making off with iconic Chinese Ming dynasty era artefacts worth millions in order to "clear a debt", a court heard.

The man whose vehicle hit an oncoming car towing a jetski told police it was the side of the road he was used to driving on.

It has been a busy summer season for police and crisis intervention teams helping women and children living with violence in unsafe homes.

The three men arrested after the death of Jayden Mamfredos-Nair have been remanded in custody during their first court appearance.

Two people were found with critical and serious injuries at a rural McNamaras Road property.

"Golriz should have come home, she should have fronted it sooner," a political expert says. Audio

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange.