Judge: 'People get really upset when they work hard, buy a chainsaw and it gets stolen.'

The man had been remanded in custody for two years without a trial.

Fines and reparations total $65,000 for boy's fall at woolstore site.

"It hurt," a teenage rape victim told a social worker.

Bags of weed and cash found after police stop driver for talking on cell phone.

Money owed, 'standover' and burglaries led to rising tensions before the shooting.

The counsellor was treating the woman, her husband and their female partner.

One of Jayden Meyer's victims says she has lost her sense of self-worth since the rape.

Appeal against conviction for hurting baby rejected for mum angered by husband's absence.

Restricted driver took new car for a spin after drinking, crashed and broke his neck.

Mel Bolton battled the council for years for compensation.

The alleged scam is simple: Bully renters, keep their bond.

Tribunal says there is no one to look after man with disability if he were deported.

More than 40 complaints about health agency's Covid ad supported by standards board.

Jared Te Whare was on a 2.4m high stand when he suffered a seizure and fell to his death.

The man was a church pastor and business owner of high standing in his community.

Drug dealer Sharon Marfell jailed for seven years for supplying and possessing P and GBL.

People caught unlawfully in possession of toheroa can face fines of up to $20,000.

Defence Force worker said sexual banter was tolerated because female colleague ignored it.

The ERA ruled the employee was more than likely selling the company's scrap metal.

Colombian man Carlos Paz Diaz took revenge on a man he claimed had hospitalised him.

Secret witness in the Mongols gang trial denies having a 'mad' cocaine habit of his own.

The late-night farm prowler tried to steal a quad bike.

Auckland Council prosecuted the company for illegal use of the foreshore.

The trio were jailed for their roles in the hours-long ordeal.

Boozing police drank out of vessel fashioned to look like a riot control baton.

Beleaguered battler for workers' rights loses bid for judicial review of ERA decisions.

Youth walks free from another 10 charges due to delayed psychological report.

'There is no honour in what you did', Kelly Cook tells man who killed her husband.

Vaughan Sexton wants legislative changes to ensure children are protected in the future.