Court

An Auckland company boss has been awarded nearly $1 million in one of the country's biggest defamation payouts.

Four days in April have been set aside to hear Youth Court depositions against two teenagers charged with the murder of Christchurch taxi driver Abdulrahman Ikhtiari.

A woman with a penchant for shoplifting faces going back to prison over her latest self-gratifying offence.

A name suppression clamp has come back down on a man accused of a sex attack on a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the grounds of a Christchurch school.

The man known as the "Beast of Blenheim" personally challenged the legality of his continued detention today to the Court of Appeal in Wellington via a video link from Christchurch.

A sales executive for a sexy lingerie and costume company has been awarded more then $15,000 after she was unfairly dismissed via email.

A Lower Hutt man was given interim name suppression when he appeared in court today charged with assaulting a 10-week-old baby.

A hunter who shot his mate, resulting in the friend having his arm amputated has pleaded guilty to using a firearm causing injury.

A 57-year-old Christchurch man has admitted 20 charges of possessing internet child pornography.

A woman who allegedly snatched a baby from Christchurch's St George's Hospital was further remanded when she reappeared in Christchurch District Court today.