Court

An epilepsy sufferer caused $30,000 when he had a fit while illegally driving his three children in his 4WD along Napier's Marine Parade, a court was told.

A Christchurch couple was awakened in the early hours of the morning by a sword-wielding burglar who took their cannabis plant and growing equipment.

A Gisborne rapist's refusal to acknowledge his guilt, as well as the insistence of his innocence by his friends and family has seen him again denied parole.

The skipper of a fishing boat, which ran aground in the Far North last March and later sank, is due in Kaitaia District Court tomorrow.

Two teenagers with gang associations who bashed, kicked, and stomped a 14-year-old boy causing his brain to swell were today handed down lengthy jail terms.

A Chinese student who brought violent porn films into the country today failed to win a discharge without conviction.

A 17-year-old on home detention for a raft of convictions removed his electronic alarm bracelet to go out and commit further offences, Tauranga District Court was told today.

When a woman friend tried to stop him driving after drinking, Donald Robinson assaulted her, Tauranga District Court was told today.

A teenager was jailed today for wasting police time worth $37,000 with lurid tales of guns, gang violence and kidnapping.

A couple were today sent for trial for allegedly sexually violating a 14-year-old girl.