Karen Pasco

A judge told a man there was no point playing the "colonisation card" as people ultimately made their own luck in life.

A man has appeared in the Invercargill District Court charged with sexually assaulting a female in Te Anau last week.

Earning big dollars in Australian mines had led to the demise of many, a judge said in court yesterday.

The Court of Appeal will decide whether the conviction and sentencing of murderer Sandy Graham was safe.

A woman who was described as callous and merciless for her killing of Dale Watene is appealing her conviction and sentence.

The quashing of three teen murderers’ life sentences will allow other youth killers to appeal their sentences, a King’s Counsel says.

Three teen killers have had their life sentences quashed in a landmark decision released by the Court of Appeal this morning.

A man who stole $3800 from his employer told police he needed the money to pay for his father’s funeral when his father was still alive.

A man who was snapped travelling at 43kmh above the speed limit was racing his wife to hospital because she was having a baby, a court heard yesterday.

A man who believes charges laid by police for his part in the attack on a fellow prisoner amounts to double jeopardy will now have a court hearing to decide.

A man who completed two tours of duty robbed a man of his wallet after becoming addicted to anabolic steroids.

A judge sentenced an Invercargill man to home detention yesterday to an address opposed by Oranga Tamariki, saying he noted the apprehension but was going to take a chance.

The Gore District Council failed to ensure fencing around its Gore oxidation ponds was effective enough to prevent children from accessing the area.

A man has been sentenced to jail after he removed his home detention bracelet two days into his sentence last month.

A man who rang two businesses 52 times to see if he had been successful in applying for a job was sentenced to community work yesterday.

The Gore District Council has pleaded guilty to an amended WorkSafe charge in relation to the death of Gore toddler Lachlan Jones.

A man who rang two vape stores 52 times to see if he had been successful in applying for a job was sentenced to community work today.

A man who duped people into buying non-existent tussocks on Facebook’s Marketplace was told living a life within the law was the best way to honour the lives of his dead children and nephew.

A man was told he needed to deal with his alcohol and drug abuse after telling a group of Queenstown holidaymakers he was in the Taliban and was going to kill them.