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ERA steps in after Thai restaurant refuses to pay ex-worker costs

Thai Orchid owner Julian Stokes has to pay a further $8055.31 in costs.

Man who broke alert level travel rules avoids conviction

Jared Shaw was granted a discharge without conviction for breaching lockdown restrictions.

House of horrors: $30,000 meth damage, tenants ordered to pay up

Tests revealed meth levels of up to 11 times higher than the national safety standard.

Customs doesn't know what tikanga principles it breached in sacking worker

Former employee who refused to get vaccinated has taken Customs to the Employment Court.

Make it 16 take bid for lowering voting age to Supreme Court

'It's a human rights issue and that's not something we can just give up.'

Police find homemade taser among arms haul

Home-made taser and pistol found during police operation targeting gangs

Merging lane crash: One driver killed, one in court - the argument over who was at fault

'She was so shocked ... she was just focused on keeping herself and her daughter safe.'

Manukau mall tragedy: Woman declined bail after victim dies

Woman who drove into five pedestrians at Manukau mall appears in court after victim dies.

Waikato farmer Ken McIntyre, partner avoid jail after dumping waste into stream

Kenneth McIntyre organised a contractor to unlawfully dig into a stream.

Gang de-patching death: Fourth man jailed

Mongrel Mob member was killed by his own gang after he stole from the wrong dealer.

Frenzied attack: Bravery of boy, 11, and woman commended by judge

The attacks with a knife and scissors missed vital organs by millimetres.

Angry digger driver denied appeal

Caught on camera, angry yellow digger driver banged bucket before damaging council car.

Specsavers failed to spot woman's glaucoma for years

She was seeing halos and flashing lights, they gave her prescriptions for new glasses.

Home detention not an option, judge rules

Taurerewa failed to charge his GPS electronic monitoring device on a number of occasions.

GP's biopsy without consent 'very concerning': HDC

Informed consent is at the heart of the Code of Rights for New Zealand patients.

Alleged kidnapping trial aborted due to 'Covid-19 reasons'

The trial was due to start its sixth day when it had to be aborted.

Conviction quashed for childcare worker who had threesome with minor

An appeal was granted for a former child-care worker decades after she was convicted.

Fourteen years' jail for father who raped and abused daughter

The judge hopes the 'bright, bubbly, intelligent' girl can recover from the abuse.