Trial
Doubt cast over testimony in David Tamihere trial
Testimony from a notorious jail house snitch should never have been put to the jury in David Tamihere's first double murder trial, the Court of Appeal has been told. Tamihere was convicted in 1990 for… Audio
Epstein's crimes "loom large" in Maxwell trial
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is about to go on trial in Manhattan for sex trafficking charges after 15 months on remand. Prosecutors… Audio
Police Association boss congratulates jury in Epiha trial
Cop killer Eli Epiha did try to kill a second officer the day he shot dead Constable Matthew Hunt, according to a jury at his High Court trial.
The jury has found him guilty of the attempted murder… Video, Audio
US correspondent on Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal
The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in his historic second impeachment trial, voting that the former president is not guilty of inciting the deadly Capitol riot. United States correspondent Karen… Audio
Covid-19 update with Professor Gary McLean
New Zealander Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University and also a researcher with Imperial College. He's an international authority on coronaviruses. Audio
Bain family murders the ultimate 'whodunnit'
Martin van Beynen is the author of Black Hands: Inside the Bain Family Murders. The unpublished manuscript was the foundation for the popular podcast series and the TV series that is… Audio
The story behind the biggest TV game show scandal of all time
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? fans will remember the case of 'coughing Major' Charles Ingram in 2001. James Graham is the writer of a new miniseries about the saga, Quiz, which is about to premiere… Video, Audio
Pell legal case 'the most spectacular in Australia since Lindy Chamberlain'
Australia's top court has reserved its ruling on whether Cardinal George Pell's bid to quash his sexual abuse convictions has been successful. Jeremy Gans is a Professor at the Melbourne Law School… Audio
Could the Weinstein verdict lead to change in NZ
Harvey Weinstein faces up to 25 years in jail after being convicted of sexual assault and rape. It took the jury five days to find him guilty of those crimes but clear him of the most serious count of… Audio
US correspondent Molly Crane-Newman on the Weinstein trial
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces two counts of predatory sexual assault, two counts of rape and one count of criminal sexual assault in his New York case. New York Daily News journalist Molly… Audio
Claims against porn site run by NZ men
At least 100 women have come forward with claims they were coerced to appear in sex videos as part of a multi-million dollar online porn operation in the United States. The operation was headed by New… Audio
Study casts doubt on the need for many heart procedures
A new study out of the US suggests that stent procedures and bypass operations may not only be unnecessary for people with severe but stable heart diseases, but they could actually be causing more… Audio
Mark Lundy's last-ditch appeal over murder convictions begins
Mark Lundy's last-ditch appeal against his convictions for murdering his wife and daughter 19 years ago has wrapped up its first day in the Supreme Court.
Lundy was convicted in 2002 of the murder of… Video, Audio
Roberts murder trial: Toddler died of 'catastrophic' injury
A neuropathologist has told a jury a Northland toddler died of a "catastrophic" head injury so severe the young girl could never have survived it.
Two-year-old Ariah Roberts died in her home at… Video, Audio
Men linked to Comancheros found guilty of murder
Two cousins linked to the Comancheros have been found guilty of murdering a man and trying to murder his wife in Māngere last year. Court reporter Anneke Smith has the details. Video, Audio
Attaché sentenced over secret toilet recordings
Alfred - or Fred - Keating was found guilty in April after he tried to film his colleagues on the toilet for his own sexual gratification. He was sentenced today to home detention. Audio
Hawke’s Bay groper sentenced for serial offending
Jason Trembath, a former top Hawke's Bay cricketer who indecently assaulted 11 women and posted an intimate photo of a passed-out woman online, has been sentenced to more than five years in jail. Audio
'Got the wrong guy. I'm innocent'
Mesui Tufui - one of the men accused of murdering Abraham Tu'uheava and trying to murder his wife Yolanda Tu'uheava in Mangere last year - told his version of what happened the night Mr Tu'uheava died… Audio
Dotcom extradfition appeal begins in Supreme Court
A lawyer for two associates of the internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has told the Supreme Court the offences his clients are facing in the United States do not qualify for extradition because the… Audio
Lawyer questions injured woman's memory
The lawyer for one of two men accused of murdering a man in Mangere last year today questioned his wife about what she remembers of the night her husband died. Audio