'A criminal should not be permitted to defend other criminals, it's as simple as that.'

Carrington Resort paid court-ordered $14,000 only when a bailiff showed up.

Ellen Craig has admitted killing her 2-year-old with a piece of plastic pipe.

Their uncle was the sole executor and the sole beneficiary of the will.

A woman and teenager jointly face a murder charge in the High Court at Hamilton.

Victim of attempted murder spent three weeks in hospital.

Leigh Beer has been found guilty of murdering Emma Field. Now his history can be revealed.

Emma Field was alive but likely unconscious when the blaze took hold.

The 9-month-old girl suffered 'severe and irreversible brain damage'.

The officer used the database 'out of curiosity', comparing it to browsing social media.

There was a baby inside the stolen vehicle who was then abandoned on a berm.

Convicted killer has always denied murdering pair in the Marlborough Sounds.

The man turned up carrying a large knife and “asking for a fight”.

The man took his case all the way to the Supreme Court... and lost.

Robert Taylor fled the scene leaving one mate dying and three others injured.

'It had a massive impact on our business….but he also just left a trail of destruction.'

'There are plenty of last-minute deal seekers who may have chanced upon this availability'

Katie Watson stole items from her employer, then sold them online to feed her addiction.

Emma Field was alive when the fire took hold.

'You have no insight into the harm you could cause to others,' the judge said.

A woman says she and her partner had nothing to do with a meth lab.

Paora Sweeney wanted a marae-based apology from the prison manager for 'injury' to mana.

He was driving drunk in a vehicle without a court-imposed interlock device.

Police say they have intercepted numerous Alfa Carbines cut down to hand guns.

The woman picked her victims carefully - they were either elderly or had health issues.

Kupa Koinaki didn't realise police had already taken the cocaine he was meant to collect.

'Thank you judge - thank you for your understanding," the patched Comanchero said.

Crown says jail challenges for trans woman not "something she should get a discount for".

But two years later, the fraud was discovered and it all came crashing down.

The shed is on 'tainted' property and used at the Tribesmen's Christchurch headquarters.