A Christchurch teenager has been discharged without conviction after he caused a crash that killed a 19-year-old woman and seriously injured four others.
Multiple videos of a man charged in relation to a homicide investigation have been uploaded to YouTube, showing him singing what appears to be Christian worship music.
By Maia Ingoe The defence for an Auckland eye surgeon accused of murder has urged the jury to do away with notions of murder mystery and phantom killers, and focus on the facts.
Support for Labour leader Chris Hipkins has taken a big dive in a new poll that shows small gains for National and Labour, and mostly small losses for minor parties.
A 71-year-old Triad assassin who shot a man outside a karaoke bar in central Auckland is still considered to be too much of a risk to the public to be released from prison.
The fiancé of a man accused of strangling two women has told a court of her own experience of being strangled for sexual pleasure, describing a sensation of euphoria.
Police are investigating the disappearance of more than a dozen dogs in a saga with complicated plot twists involving the SPCA, an animal rescue charity and a breeder.
A woman died in hospital from a tear in her main artery two days after being sent home from an emergency department with indigestion medication, the Aged Care Commissioner has found.